THE NEW EL DORNDO.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 279, 26 July 1889, Page 3

THE NEW EL DORN DO.

• «. 10-J ["Jpnti-jbutea,] v . ) ' , . . ! Fottu'riately - thft Tmi\Ava:il Boers wejre not satisfied wi^'i b\iU miccoss. |* They soon after c>j:uiu.>ii :e,l n war , ag tinst the ieoauana, ft Kxtfir tribq ori their borders, who»e «•. hief . of- , fenoo was 'that they lia«l l»»en \ ■r j ' ' .'■■; . - • For oon'inwttirin of reading, ma i,r xee > ■-■ .-■ ... .-■•■■■'■■•■ ;, . fourth page.

Britain^' allies, on more than one occasion. These people appealed to the British Government for protection in accordance with assui [ ances that had been previously given them, and all protes's madto the Boers being unavailing, in 1884. Sir (■•havles Warren with a Urgo military, force proceeded to their ielief. Immediately the Hows, who had been talking for the past thiee years about having beaten the Britisn and boing able t't do so again, saw this imposing iuruv theyj-expressed their readiness to agiee to terms of peace, to the sincere regret of every man in the British force, for all had been hoping for -a chance to revenge Majma htlh" Thus originated the Crown colony of Bechuanalaad before alltidgdJtpi..jAft^r;.the. war the Uoers refused for a time to allow any Englishman to live on their territory, but as soon as it became known that rich gold fields had been discovered there a;. ■" lusb " took p'nee that defied tho \Republio Regulations, and it is said that now the British ' population there is greater than the Dutch. This oc curred about three years ago, and the town that has sprung up on the fields is "ailed Baberton. The gold is mostly found in reefs, the most important one being •' the Queen of 'heba" worked by a company. The Government returns for this place for last }'ear showed an output of 218,000 ounces, and since then further rich discovies have been reported, but stH I should doubt if it was much of a "poor mans diggings." 'ihe Baberton miues are however, said to be now completolv eclipsed by an extraordinaiy rich find at, a place now known to fame as VFohinueslrurg; which is reported to be the greatest gold discovery that has been made since California and Victoria ' thathowever must be taken '' t cum qrfino s«/f«-" But after making 'al£ die allowance for exaggeration there appears every reason to believe that the Johannesburg field is an extremely rich one, although lam : no be tev able to speikfroin experience thau- anyone else, as such a place did not exist two years ago. aud those who have been there since are hardly likely to troub c Now #e'a aiid at present. The writer 1 have alluded to in my opening pages thioks but poorly of these discovenYs because lie has not been able to find in' the Cape Colony papers any word of "h>w chum luck." Nor willie for that horrid penal s. tfciement ex]>ression, that some people are so ond of in this) country is happily unknown in South Arioa, but nm-nigst tho-e who have a 1 ready made '' a rise " on the fields are a native of hristchurch, and the brother of a well known resident in I Wellington. Perhaps, howeve 1 , the I most important testimony to the I value of the fields is afforded by the ' following extract from the Glasgow Herald of t c 80fh of March :- " Therejhas been a steady emigration during the past iwo months of junior members of Banking staffs from Scotland to South Afric«. Nearly every vessel for Capetown has carried a dozen of these. From ' one Bank having its headqua te s in '. Edinburg. at least twenty young men have left, and from ar other i o ; fewer than tni. It would appear j that a number of bankers assistants ! in South Africa have rushed for the j gold and diamond fields, leaving their situations vacant, which is the reason for the uuprecwlentv.d demand from this country." : ankers clerks in South Afiica are like'y to bo better acquainted than most people with the returns from the fields, and when we find numbers of them leaving positions they have probably | held for years, it reads like the story of the palmy days in Victoria. There is now a railway fr m Durban to Ladysmith, Jon the frontier of the Transvaal, and from that place to the fields would only be a few days journey, so that the New E. Dorado is not very difficult of access. Nor are the gold fie ds the only attraction in South Africa at the present time. There is nov the vast tract of country open for settlement on the " high healthy, central plateaux, " the Colony of Bechuaoaland; and, to once more quote the words of Sir Heicules Eobinson. ''beyond itdn exclusive sphere of British influence extending to the Zambezi. " 'i his latter is the territoiy, 50,000 square miles in extent, the control of which has been vested by I- oval charter iD in the Kritish East ' African Company, tin organization- -with Lord Brassy a, its head. With such vast additions of valuable territory and great mineral wealth, the Britis'possessions in "oith Africa should have a bright future before them, but, whilst I have humbly endeavoured to afford some inforina'ion to those who contemplate viriting the country, I am far from roumselling anyone to do so., . It isau qld but true saying that he [ wlio |»ould make his fortune in twelve mohtns is a beggar in six. " M. L. Casey. Yachting in Wellington is about to receive a fillip. His Excellency ths Govarnor has decided to engage in the pastime, pud lifts commissioned a perron of considerable e'xpevienee to purchase a suitable craft. The Thetis has heep, yecoioaiended, and it in probable that Lord 'Onslbw will secore her. Hhe is a safe and comfortable boat, and her performauce in various regattas is an evidence that she is very fast when in good trim and pro|eHj:hi)n<Uedi-^-Ki Poatl 1