AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8051, 15 February 1906, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES.

ADDRESS BY AN AGENTGENERAL. IMMIGRATION WANTED. Received 15,12.8 a.m. London, February 14. The Hon. Jenkins, Agent-General for South Australia, in a paper read at the Colonial Institute, on the products of Australia, controverted the idea that the interior of Australia was a ilesert. The value of its agricultural industries would soon eclipse the pastoral He suggested a reduction or removal of the duty on Australian wines, and dwelt specially with the capacity of the northern territory to grow valuable tropical products. Australia, he said, offered great possibilities for the profitable growth of cotton, since the land was so cheap compared to that of] America. He advocated a new stream of immigration to Australia. Beyond the immense material assets of Australia, the country offered its creditors security outweighing them all in undoubted character. Mr Sydenham Clarke, who presided, justified Australia's much criticised experimental legislation, remarking that the experiment led to progress. After comparing her losses with those of Canada and South Africa, he said there was no ralid reason against the employment of suitable labor in tropical parts, which were uusuitcd for white field labor.