NEWS BY MAN

Hokitika Guardian, 21 February 1922, Page 4

NEWS BY MAN

ECLIPSE OE THE SUN

AMERICAN PARTY FOR AUSTRALIA.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3

A message lrom Berkeley, California, states that in order to test the validity of the Einstein theory of relativity the University of California, will send an expedition to Australia to make astronomical observations of the eclipse of the sun in September. Several natron orners from the Lick Observatory also will make the trip, the party being headed by Dr Campbell, director of the Observatory. One member, Professor Trumpier, is leaving oil March olst for Australia, while the remainder of the expedition will sail on July 18th. It is expected the locale of the party will he tho Ninety Mile Beach. ON THE LAND. SLAVERY FOR WOMEN IN ! AUSTRALIA. j BRITISH M.P.’S STATEMENTS, j LONDON, Feb. 3. j Mr Norman Rae, a member of the ( House of Commons, speaking at a dinner tendered him by the British Wool Federation at Bradford, said he had recently visited Australia. The wool in-! dustry there was passing through one of the worst times it had known. There was hardly a single grower except the great companies with big reserves and; cheap lands making any money. “They. have got protection clean run mad in . Australia,” he said. “The high tariff accentuated the building up of the J enormous centres of population and th L >' starving of the land and labour. Lit i ! Australia improved the conditions exist- . ing for those working on the land it ; could expect, and would not obtain the t right class of The life of the . women and farmers’ daughters was ono ' of slavery.” j

'■ ITALIAN AGRICULTURISTS. : DESIRE TO SETTLE IN A US- j TRAIL A. “In Italy there are tens of thousands of small agriculturists who are desirous of settling in Australia’. They are eminently suited for this country, and it only needs proper organisation to set in motion a steady stream of them to our shores.”

In these words Mr F. Lubrano referred to the possibilities of Italian immigration. Mr Lubrano, who'is a member of the firm of F. Lubrano and Co. f/ld.-, has just returned to Sydney from an extended visit to Italy. He is interested in immigration, and during his 'stay in Italy, made exhaustive inquiries into the possibilities of attracting settlers to Australia. “I return,” he said yesterday, “convinced of the wonderful opportunity open to the Commonwealth to add to its population, thousands of men of th e best possible type and character. The class available •ire small farmers of limited capital. They are wonderful agriculturists, hard working and modern in their methods. From my knowledge of Australian conditions T believe they would ho assets to the' country, and become settlers of whom we would he proud.” Proceeding Mr Lubrano said that the Italian Government has just completed arhfrtgements with the’ Government of Br'AziHfdr*immigration on a large scale to Hint country; and a similar arrangement If the Commonwealth Government is’desirous can be made' with Australia.