GOING FURTHER AND FARING WORSE. NEW ZEALANDERS ADVISED TO STAY AT HOME.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 266, 23 May 1888, Page 3

GOING FURTHER AND FARING WORSE. NEW ZEALANDERS ADVISED TO STAY AT HOME.

Amongst recent depai tinea from our «hoie s a good many New %ealandei\s ha'\ c shaped their course for Crnydnn Coldficld, in Queensland, of which Noimanton is the chief port. As the accounts of those who know the distiict thoroughly arc not favourable, we feel it our duty to raise a warning \oicc for the benc/it of these who are contemplating leaving foi thatpaitof Queensland. Mr F. N. Robinson, late of Devonpoit, who is in a large way of bushier at Noimanton, writes to a friend here under date April 18th as follows : " 1 have written by the mail to my brother, Alfred, strongly advising him not to come here, as there is leally nothing to do except labourers' work which would not .suit him in thib hot climate. Croydon at present is very quiet, and a great many people are leaving every day. Nearly all the batteries are hung up for want of water already. There is no doubt

that, there is any amount of gold and good rock, bub it wants capital and time to dc\olop them. J was talking to ftichnvd Kolly to-day about C\ o\ don. He said, ' itV going to h Wiih regard to timber and produce, f can assure you that you would lo*e money My both at the present time. Theie ha\e been i-everal speculate c r\ir<;nes aboady sacrificed heie. The Welcome is hero with 103,000 feet of timber fiom Fielding, Tsew Zealand ; Three, Cheei\se\pe. ted. IWeLennon, oi Auckland, wired (o Hums, I'hilp, and Co olloiing timbei landed heie at 18-- per lOOtl. They li.nr ad\u-p r.h.it the Willie Meli.'U'nen. liaiquc, lett I'uget. Sound l.i^t month with 60i),000 f"el o! Oroyor. pine for lvie, and <.'\peet iier to arrixe in ilunone\'. The tunbor \\;is oidoied In tlum u\ months •Jiro, m) Iho ma)K"l will be oonn>]o((']\ glutted, and there i^u'iy little mone\ intho •■lace it pro-eni. The I ( j\e'\n e.imo hci <• with a [till eai <m> ot <ii og and tieei on -pee ; tho\ eoul'l not at an\ pi ice hheletth'io (hiect tm Sydne\ \e-<eid.n. taking mo-l oi the eaiuo b.ieU nitli them, -.ulilci but w is(M men, I hope !>uivs l'!:i!p, and <o. impoit dueci fio:n London hnc li\ -aihnu \ ousels, ,md <"iUi bu\ a- chtMp ii London .i> .intone. i-'oi in .4ctne(\ t ho\ lui\e 200 t ( >ns ot M.ih.mi^ed iion and 2, C00 eases of beet m a \i-n I o\' ¥ tdtu now. The onl\ thing New Zal i'id eau enmpt'Ji^ liei c in is I imb< i -md pi odtu c, .tnd th.U i- \a\ much o\eu'one by e,u i i« i > eomiiii; on -»pee, (u^t tin .•> nsii <i- «ii \^ l V)dliain (C ambndoe (iulf).

AXOTi'Kh 1 WAI IX INC Mr Aii'liou Peace (lite oi Auckland), wiitmu to ,i fn- nil heie hum the Kn< <. i iLT'-l iu_: - , i\a\ en-\\ odd, t'haitri- Tm\ 1 1 ■>, < v hicen-l iiml, £ji\o .i tiolo <>t uaimn 1^ to tho-e who ma\ he tlunlinn ol lci\in<l Vw Zealand foiCi o\ don. Ilr -a\-- -"i)o not lh> to Cio\(lou, liu^mr-.^ time \- o\eulo!ie. and it i^ will known tlieie <ue onlj two lines oi leef p;i\«il)le ami iti-\eis doulittul it the\ will continue >o in tle<'|» xinkiny. Alte.uK .i lat^o unnihei of |>iaeLie<il men liaxe come bark to Chattel > Tnwoih, sa ho oiuUn^e all ( hat. 1 have s-anl. " With icfei jikv to C^liaiteis Towei-, Mi Pence continue- : '' 'Thoie arc but two w:\\- tor thi-^ ih^li led. It t he 2,000 feet Mnkm<4 pa^ (now beinu tneil) ihi-> i-^ bound to bo the lai^e^t cit> in (,hieo. -land, and wirhout a doubt, the laiyc-l inland cil\ in Au-Uiaha. Should they liottoni on a blank (o liieh. I think, i- not pi ojiable) then ihe place w ouldah e<id\ Ik beyond it- ici(itnement-, a- it ha- a population 50 pel cent, moi e than Town-ullc, andiapidlvtiniw uilj." Mr Peace i- now Mine Manager o* the t\ n tennial l>atteiy C'omjvinv .it the Kiik ili«_r;j[inn;- and a- theie aie ooml iuditation- of pa\abU ieet-, he write-* a in >-t eheeihil lettei , although cxpic-^imr a de-iie to ictuin to the % 'e\er peeii ,-hoie- ot Xcw Zealand."