REPORTED INFLUX OF AUSTRIANS.
(special to "the pbess.") AUCKLAND, January 29. A statement obtained circulation to the effect that 300 Anstaiaoe are on their way to the colony w&h «■ view to sett'leniant, but from enquiries made by a "Herald" representative, ife appears to be highly improibab.e that any suoh influx will take place, The Austrian Consul knmvs nothing about it, and figures supplied by tJae shipping authorities, whilst they show the actual number of Austrian immigrants who have arrived during the past three mirths, indicate nothing unusual. During November the number of Dalmatians who landed in Auckland was 10. Daring December tihe tide of Austrian immigrants had risen to 40, and from New Year's Day up to the present there hiad been 21 fturther arrivale. Many of tihe Au»trians included in these figures are "old identities." 'Hbey are men -wiho had saved a liUJe out of their earnings as gmndiggere up North, or on the East Coast, and nave sinoQ tried their luck in tlte factories and mimes of Austria, and N«iw Caledonia* Owing to the Australian drought and otiter causes, tbedr eyes turn backwards to New Zealand, and (they are returning. ' Others are men who, dissatisfied with Australia, prefer, trying their tuck in New Zealand to sailing home to Balmatia. One of tihe great industries with at home ie the manufacture of wine, and the people suffer from the keen competition with Italian wine-growera, whoso produce, in accordance with a tpecial treaty between Austria and Italy, is admitted almost free of duty. The Austrian Consul pointed out that Dalmatian immigrants who roach our shores aw nearly all stwgihtiOTward, practical men, anxious to become settlers. - Being singlfc they marry colonial gia-le, and mako good citizgns. In Puhod, just beyond Waiwwra, the-wii is a prosperous Austrian settlement. The ambition of Austrian gumdiggers is to save esmigh money to buy a small farm. They are good farmers, and under favourable condition* wouid make the wine industry in the North a much 'bigger affair than it is at pi-esenfc.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11495, 30 January 1903, Page 2
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336REPORTED INFLUX OF AUSTRIANS. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11495, 30 January 1903, Page 2
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