NEW ZEALAND.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 March 1923, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND.

I i I < ■' 111 A Bit A ISt-ii) IX I.OXDD.K ■\ R\l M'.'il’Eß. "MUST END 1.1.5i-1 IM..U E IX Till' VVtiiM.D." The l.oiulon "Daily Mail” ol .1 a 11 - nary !) contains the following article by Sir William Beach Thomas: WERRIXCinX. I he inns! English place in (lie anrl'l. England excepted, lies under our led. •it Die ti\o islands- which We call Non f'eaiand. The chiel dillei eiice i- that ,\en /ca land I' verv rmpi i and ion• ■ I >'"l h ''."ol;. ' .'.a.led' ' I: a c. en Die chih area., .im empty. Xuthing linin' I lioi'ouglilv tnnisiied me in any part i f the !’i it J, Ivor Id than to find l'm-u rics elnsing and plan, lot; new factories su-pemk'd 'v-eatt-e d’ a deartii of In:lids, hntli women ami men. Anyone man. wmiian, ni child -who has little prospect at home, or is tal;when lie (an .■mile to this other Rug, land and liounsh. is ruining bis life j,uwant ol a little imagination ami cneigy. I im ( luvei nineiii and private employer.- ( null's, to an ahsoluie dearth ol [duml'ers, carpenters, bootmaker., plasterers, and domestic -civanis. I be minimum wage for a pla.-terei dear. The extra cost ol elotliiiig tlie dearest ailiele of eominnu use is i ■ nijidi-ate.l for by the ciieapiie-s and plenty and excellence of Die feud. This want of people in New /"aland fas in Canada and Am.lrali..) and (Ids in England do mu iieres-arily mean that ii |, easy to migrate I'rom the one couiit |-v to the other. I i ionly i a,y whan the intending emigrant tan get into Touch with someone living In New /ealand. and always the be.-1 method of emigration is "by nomination." Any "labour! miner" ■ both are wanted--who is "nominated" by a resident in New /ealand call gel a j i :i - - sage o\er Die 12,0dd miles tliat separate us for the sum of L'l2. Any domestic servant, , r child under twelve travelling willi ii , parents inn have a free pas-age. For no expenditure whatever they can travel to a lain| immensely fertile, beautihi! beyond description, the Paradise cf ghibe-t ruHers liecau-e of its .scenery, and supreme in the Morld hv a long lead in liealthfulness. If in Enghtucl we could drive into our imagination Die ciiarins and opportunifies of such lands tlieie would be an end automatically "I Die Lqi-sideo massing ol jnqiiilat ion. which is the chief weakness ol the British Empire. The development of inaiinl'aci tiring industries is the mile oi Die tnnmcni in New /ealand. The land has been opened and cultivated much more lully than in Ausiralia. Farineis and I hei • holdings are nearer t'lgether ami ■ u: tiva'i"ii is cl.'ser, more iuUi..-e, Dieii -.b some vast sheep station-' still exist. This means that there i- more place for the agricultural labourer,’ but rather less for the farmer. At the moment, too. many iarmers have been undergoing a bad time in New Zealand ns in England and other parts of the world. Hut even this has

md certain good results. Prices for j and have fallen from a rather ab- j bird level; and to-day there is no more j -ouiid and certain opening for men j ■mh a capital of ClftiH) or so than the ' a i r .v general farms oi the two ! islands, especially those hacked hv ; ureas just about- to be brought under 1 cultivation. A good deal of scientific interest belongs to these. The Government is busy, and lias been busy, with experiments on the soil of plains and valleys lb nreci with D'.e dust of volcanic eruptions. Its disem erics will bring into fertility some wide spaces previoti-Iy left barren, just as the new State schemes of water-power are giving opportunity for now factories. Probably the blessed little island of I Tasmania will in a year or two lead ' the world in the provision of a cheap ' power through the agency of water, | but New /ealand, a country of won-1 derfii! riveis and lakes and hills, will he a close competitor. New Zealanders, are, perhaps, more intensely proud of their country than anv other people in the world. They de-ire to breed a race as physically fit as possible, and are therefore careful beyond the ordinary in their selection ol immigrants. While they tie-

sire above all British stock, and are especially desirous ol British mothers for the (online' generation, they "'ill admit only sound and healthy persons. It is useless for those who cannot claim at least an average satire ol physical health am! well-being to i limit ol emigrating to New Zealand. 1 ' enmoarative smallness of the (ottntry—i - i-.jtal populat m is itt't a million : (i a rp.-arter —en'd's tic people to take every measure to administer their deals. for the s.tihie ;arson the arrival t f rite immigrant is made singularly pleasant. Through the excellent arrangements oi the Y.M.C.A. and the Salvation Army, acting in sy mpai hetir cooperation with'the (iovornnient every immigrant is assured careful hospitality on the first days of h.is arrival and assistance in reaching Ids destination.