The Daily News. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1905 AUSTRALIA'S POPULATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7937, 28 September 1905, Page 2

The Daily News. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1905 AUSTRALIA'S POPULATION.

Tii" latest phase in Llti- political lii«t ory oi Australia is an ag'itation lor ii"ir» population, Ilotli the Federal ninl States (t'ovei-nnicnts have the matter under consiilernliaii, and schemes h*v« hivn formulated for the riiconragvinent i.l a class oj' desiraiV'.i settlers from (Ireat Itritnin—.settiers who will take up lamt, ami thus assist in the production of -wealth. limieral Hiotli. tin: head of tile Salva, lion A nr.v, lias «\lso i-nt ff>i 1 Hie tielil as a colonisiiu; agent, ami lie lias made certain proposals to tile colonic g-uu-rniiieiils, including Xew Zealand. With regard to the demand 'o' more population in Australia i! may he point<d out that the iii'm oi Crown lan,l suit-! ahh f„r set t lenient in the island ri "it 1 rent is somewhat resirirt, |«I. There mv, oi coins.-, considerahle areas oi lanil available of a class, '■at the summer ilrmiirlits make life hardu worth living 11s an agriculturist in these districts. J'liese hackWork lands nro generally held in:

ho i,! nr«-as lor grazing- purpo-i s.anvl oiten ;In iiccti piers ai'i 1 nearlv ruined by coat inunl dry weather.' What Australia rc.'tlly suffers from is the diMribulion of | 1( ,,, U |.,. 'l'aUe. Victoria for instance. H.-iv | un) . alinosi hall HuliviMK in Melbourne [tallarat, (t. M.li-o -and Ainun in '.Yew S..mli w.. find nearly half the population living in Would i' Im* a step in tTi** riyhf direction ii i)i,. governments of these St.in-s bronchi down schunes, whirl), would induct a proportion of thv uiIran mhabitaiifs lo seek a life in the country? Mom assuredly it would,! Australia -has made ver\ tfeod pro-' givss si net tln> finding of in thJ early at uhich timr she jumi«.d ; ii.to proiitiiii nee. }ln- march forward sinr. that time has been phenomenalJ niid ii *he only had her population 1 b. M-r rihutvd flu-re would In'no' n-i*d lor the present agitation for moiv pupidat iirn, Ajrnin it would be j bolter ii thv rulers of Ihe federated Stat-* seriously set ihciitsclws In' work Ki) the important, question of.j water conservation air.l irrigation.! Ih. re are large stretches of country (hat could he brought under lillnga if a coinpn hensive irrigation syst, ml was in vogue. At the present timr Australia has too much ndminisl ra- J liui—>lu* d<»* s Hot yet value for Ivor) money in that iHi'cctjnn ; and if shr' ' sacked" Ivalf'v, her -*«iLicivS Lio.s-es. 1 and placid h.-r -destines in the hfW(U of level-headed business mm, such act ion, ue are sun l , would work r\' changi- lor the better. Her politic-! ian* do not put in that strenuous' work thai they should, aiwl so as the-h avy expense of administration without ade<jitat<• -value exists Australia camlet fnPW Ibat prosperity which she under different circumstances can command. Ilo* the sev-i

"tal s will art o\yr th»> immigration sHu'hw»n is n mat * *t Tor r. on.i» ci mv. At an\ ral«» whatvwr actum ih.'y taU* will haw lolic wvll c»ni.si<J«'ivd. if ih.y e.\[ncl togvt gootl ami "•ntlnring rcsulls.