A NEW ENTERPRISE.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2308, 29 September 1870, Page 2

A NEW ENTERPRISE.

To (hi‘, E'lUor of Ihi’. Evening Star, £i K) _Tji these times of universal depression it astonishes me to see such a h-ek of energy displayed regarding uoav fields of enterprise, and 1 fear the pluck of our ancestors is departing from us. “ Never veuture never Avin,” is an old adage, and well may it be applied here just now. The channels for the investment of money are all more or less choked, and as for any man expecting to get on with little or no capital, the idea is absurd ; the day is past for such. Longfellow well expresses Avhat course of action ought to be pursued under circumstances like ours Avhen he says—- ' “ Let us |ilicn he up ami doing, “ With a heart for any fate, <l r c.” If avc were doing something here or elscAvhcrc and had hearts determined enough to overcome every 'obstacle, there avouUl be less depression. Within the last fciv years many have gone ti the Fijis, and most have done avcll. The Fiji Islands just now are in want of a suitable steamer to carry laborers and trade among the jslaiuK Here is fhen an ppcipng, and 1 woudir to eoo steamers lying at the wharf doing nothing when opportunity is gi\ T cu to make them profitable. Again, Avhy do not enterprising people, Avhjle thus trading, look out f<q ! a good inland, say on the route to San Fr.un cisco, perhaps one of the Friendly Islands > Wiiy not purchase a large tract or a avliolc island, survey and divide it according to the share each has, and offer inducements for others to follow and settle ? This is no hollow dream, no flight of fanoy. It is quite practicable, and only Avants energy and management principally ; capital is a minor consideration, and could be raised in small shares, if impracticable in any other Avay, Many persons are Availing in all the Ncav Zealand ports to go to Fiji, and their passage money would cover all preliminary outlay, A company could be formed in many

ways, with either few or many engaged in it. If some one here does not take the matter up the Melbourne or Sydney people will, and do like they did a few weeks ago, when three vessels were sent to trade in the South Seas, and eventually to settle New Guinea. I think that a new place entirely, for many reasons, would be more desirable to settle on than Fiji, as the b:st portion of those islands arc already occupied ; moreover many of the natives there are possessed of fire arms, and very numerous, and as to relying on the friendly natives protection, experience has shown such as a very precarious trust in all other parts of the world. Several persons who have been among the South Sea islands corroborate my ideas and I trust that these remarks may lead to the public good. In conclusion I may add that I shall be happy to meet anyone who would entertain the idea in any way, for the means must come if the end is persevered in. W. B. Yaldwvn.