AN IRISH VIEW OF NEW ZEALAND PROSPECTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 123, 25 May 1874, Page 2

AN IRISH VIEW OF NEW ZEALAND PROSPECTS.

The Tyrone Independent of the 28 th February, in a leading article, states:— " We are of those, who recognise the great'natio-al importance of emigration und look with feelings of pride and the deepest interest upon those distant dependencies of Great Britain just now issuing into vigorous life, and which more than ever prove that this indomitable enterprising spirit of our forefathers which, under Providence, has raised our country to the first among the nations oi' the earth, is still to be found in their descendants, and that when the time comes, should it ever come, they will be found ready, able, and willing to take a prominent part in the world's history. Of ali the Colonies in Great Britain we feel th 9 greatest affection for New Zealand; she is the most distant and she is tbe yonngest, but she is also the fairest; she has bad serious internal difficulties iv the shape of troublesome disputes with the natives to contend witb, but she has rome gallantly out of tbe struggle; and now, were she only to ask fair play, we venture to predict that, with her boundless resources, ber immense mineral wealth, and her unequalled climate, she will soon rival and pass her older and longer established Bißters. New Zealand's great and crying want is, more people — more bone muscle to carry on the great works commenced by her Government — more people to ns9tst on the ordinary agricultural operations of the country, now nlmost at a standstill for want of laborers; and more people to go upon and occupy those large traces of magnificent land now being opened up for settlement. Unfortunately for New Zealand the gentlemen who now represents her interests as her Agent-General seems remarkable only for his suptneness and inactivity, and instead of fostering emigration, so far as the North of Ireland is concerned (and we challongeany part of the empire to produce a finer class of men or women than aro to be fouud in the North of Ireland) he seems positively to replace obstruction in the way of those anxious to come to Now Zealand. A number of our readers are aware that a gentleman of some standing in this country entered into negociation with the New Zealand Government through Mr Farnell, who was then acting for them as their agent in the North of Ireland, to secure a large block of land for the purpose of forming at Auckland, New Zetland, a special settlement of friends and neighbors from the North of Ireland. The Agent-General was appealed to, in the first instauce, but gave no encouragement to the scheme. Mr Farnell then took the matter up on his own responsibility, and carried it through successfully . . . We wish the scheme every success, and trust that tbis rather bigh-hnnded, not to say autocratic conduct, will in no way imperii what at one time bid fair to be of great benefit, both to the colony itself, and to those taking part in the undertaking."