The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, MAY 48, 1869.

Dunstan Times, Issue 368, 14 May 1869, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, MAY 48, 1869.

Beneath the H ule of Men entirely j vt r the pem is mightier than theswoiiD

Chinese immigration promises to set in with renewed vigor, the arrival of

some two hundred fvesli importations direct from the flowery land has made Tuapeka quite jubilant, and the a - diti nto the jwpulation of so many ;j oducers of the raw material and consumers'of genei-al stores, is hailed with intense delight hy tlie business people and employers of lahoi generally. Judging from what the local papers . say that “wealthy -Chinese firms are leaving Lawrence to recommence trading operations in Dunedin, there is very little doubt hut that the addition to our celestial population will be on a very large scale. No one having a stake in the country, cannot hut hail this intelligence otherwise than with unmingled satisfaction, while those specially interested in the prosperity of the goldfields hve (very reason to rejoice. The

Chinese have proved of immense value in d •.■oh.ping our mineral resources; they have in nowise lessened the gains of the European miner, nor have they unduly competed with him in the labor market; they have only filled up gaps which lay open to them, they have obtained gold from where the European miner refused to seek it, and hy their systematic perseverance and combination of labovbavemade ground remunerative, -which others had abandoned. Their patient industry has supplied us with vegetables for the table which previous to their coming amongst us were only procurable at exhorhitant prices ; and lastly they came into the Province just in time to prevent the disastrous crisis which the loss of population caused hv the exodus to the West Coast threatened to overwhelm our business people. Persons directly interested in mining operations were considerably advantaged by Chinese immigration, they obtained a supplv of labor which was otherwise unprocurable, while the value of their min'ng properties was considerably enhanced from the mere fact of the presence of Celestial buyers being in the market. It is now rather more than four four years since first we advocated in the columns of this journal the advantages of Chinese immigration, and al though our advocacy at that time was met with almost unanimous disapproval, the tide of public-opinion very speedily turned in the direction to which we pointed, and instead of the presence of the Mongolian being loathed as an objectionable addition to our mining population, his presence was received with extacies of delight. Since John Chinaman has been permanently located amongst us, he has with very few exceptions acquitted himself as a respectable memder of society, and if we really have any fault to find with him, it is that, wo desire more of his presence, in fact, the more we have of him, the better do we like it. Our goldfields contain many thousand acres of auriferous ground exactly suitable for Chinese labourers, and which they can appropriate entirely to themselves, without treading ° upon their neighbours corns, or in any shape interfering with the prerogative of the barbarians, for such our Celes-

tial friends choose to designa'e us, nor do wo feel inclined to quarrel with them ou that account, so long as they corno and settle amongst us, that is all we desire. The amount of gold contained in the terraced hanks of the Molyncus, is positively inexhaustible, while during the winter months, the river heachcs afford highly remunerative employment, with the chance of a lucky hit, for as many as choose to set « in and work them ; there is gold there for all, and we believe that we are justified in stating that, did bat the same advantages for obtaining gold exist in Victoria as are to be found here anywhe e on the roadside between the Beaumont and C ornwell, they would be eagerly competed for by hundreds of Eu- opcans. Wo may however rest asm-ed in this, that the time is not far distant when that, which is now neglected and despised will he keenly sought after, and instead of the silence of the river bank for miles along its course being only broken by the rush and roar of the see hing waters, they will reverberate to the hum of a busy multitude. We want population badly ; the advantages which we have to offer wi 1 as-

some its presence in some shape or another, and if our countrymen refuse to avail themselves of the opportunities which here present themselves, there is no coarse open to us but to gladly welcome anybody else who chooses to come, although it be even a

Chinaman, gold for the picking up will not.always bo obtainable.