"ADVANCE QUEENSLAND."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 397, 5 January 1909, Page 6

"ADVANCE QUEENSLAND."

; * r A COLONY OF NEW ZEALANDERS. (EX TELEGBAPH— B/ECIM, COttRESFONDEVJ ) [ j , Chrlstchurcty' , January \. Mr A C Thompson', of Chnstolrurcb, who will leave for his new home in Queensland soon, told a "Timaru Herald" reporter that there are'now thirteen New Zealanders in possession of farms within a radius of a few miles of his holding on the i Darling Downs, »nd all the land adjacent to him, which'was on the market a couple of months ago, is l now sold. A good many North Island far- 1 , mers are going over to Australia) and Sir.' Thompson is of opinion that, with the scientific methods which New Zealanders are. in-, troducing oter there, it will only be a short time before Australia will be able to i produce wheat of such quality and in such quantity as to bo ablo to send it over to New Zealand and sell it cheaper than it can be grown here ' ''' u " Mr. B F. G Cochrane, of Timaru, who recently rpturned from a trip to Australia, has formed a similar opinion, and ho thinks further that when itho right I ccoss- of sheep for brecdingjat Jambs is generally adopted over there Australia will capture the fat lamb trade, as the land is so much cheaper and the expenso of rearing lambs so'much less than it is here "Mr Cochrane has formed the opinion that a fortune can be made from shoep in Australia in a very short time. , ,