The Daily News FRIDAY, JULY 27. ADVICE TO IMMIGRANTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8166, 27 July 1906, Page 2

The Daily News FRIDAY, JULY 27. ADVICE TO IMMIGRANTS.

Premier ilall-jones said the other day that Aew Zealand at the present I moment was mure prosperous than 1 n had ever been during its briet civilised history. We are glad. Examination of trade returns, the enormous increase in the laud values, me phenomenal rise 111 a day or two of township properties, all seem to emphasise the correctness of the Premier's view. The person of average intelligence, knowing' that we nave, or are supposed to have, an accumulation of surpluses, naturally wonders what is being done with these large sums of money. lie has only to read the papers of the colony to see what is not being done with the money. In the illustrated papers lie may see photographs of a typical backblocks ••road." A bogged buggy is usually shown in the foreground, and a horseman riding a mud-covered animal that is all "points," and is up to lis girths in rich land, usually helps lo complete the picture. Then the leader learns thiough the papeis , that are not illustrated that the work on the Main Trunk railway line is progressing; that, in fact, it takes a team of three horses to pull a dray with a hand-barrow load of spoil 111 it. He also reads that the navvies imported irom England to tackle I'.oik 111 the dead of winter that is not tackled at all by colonial navvies —work that has up to now been suspended, arc not pleased with the fcieal prospects of earning twentylive shiiings a week, and being in debt to the storekeper when the job is out. One navvy was so far from pleased with his immediate prospects that he cut his throat and was found uead 111 a mud-hole.

It says something- for the pluck and endurance of the bogged settler who is having one of the muddiest winters ever known in the colony that lie flounders through somehow, and is courageous enough to stay his hand when it wants lo steal towards the razor. If it is possible to go on with the North Island Trunk railway through the winter, it is also possible lo dump metal in some of the awful holes in Taranaki, and in almost every other province in New Zealand, If it is wrong—and we unhesitatingly say it is wrong to inveigle British people to this country with highly-coloured word pictures of the joyous life the imported navvy !'iay have here—it is positively criminal to spend money on such matters when the settlers in most parts of New Zealand are crying out with one voice, "Metal."

The people in London who are responsible for the glowing and untrue accounts of matters in this country, have to do something for their big salaries, and they tell lies for it. They might say that New Zealand is a magnificent country, magnificently looked after, a country where the imported person on pleasure bent is ihe first consideration, and the man '■' ho has made the country reasonable of access to the said imported lerson, the last. lie should be in'•rmed that the country has a fine tool-dip and a fine debt, that the single squatter is counted of much •nore importance than the dozen set'leis, and that the best roads and

always in the contnry are c.n the tourists routes ;■ ncl through the country used by the fewest but richeat members oi the communitv. He should be tuii! that his kest'chance jAiien lie ets to this country is to •fny-tvnv to the powers that be, to ■ ;id having any political opinions and to work harder at the purseraising: industry for persons who i.eed cash least, than for the produc lion of roads for the persons who need them most.

He should be told that there are married men with largo families in the Government service who are drawing X.SS a year; that land cannot be fur nothing ; jf j u , i» the right sort of colonist, tc. do as Niousands have done before, hit 'oui 1 01 himself and trust to no silvertongued person in London, no specious booklet that tells half tlu '.ruth, and no Labour Bureau this side ot the water.

le should be made to undeistand that the luhng powers that refuse. ''lter >ears of entieaty, lo spend a '"> V hundred pound* hue and [here l '":' Salvation of back-country set-i".-is, is not likely | ( , ) x . a fai , v , 10 "farm hand" from Lonoon, t iic "graiic-r" from Wlnte-■-hap.-l, ur the "navvy" from BerMi.'uc.scy. lie wlJfill a i so bc toW , (he rare l: > »ol lo the strong the s'.viu, but to ihe crafly, and .'" ll I'as not got a hope of knon j'-ig the lopes until he knows politics, tie should learn beforehand that he can get home better by "engineering than "pioneering," and that a ueil-buttcred letter is a better passport to success than a well-developed oiccps. lie might bc informed that 'lie .New Zealander in the bunch is an honest, manly, independent person v.'iuse and manliness and independence is being j„ mam . cascs undermined by the "enginJering" oils,i,ess. He should know that icie are other ways of killing a cat besides choking it with butler, and renter means of obtaining a job than oy work. I

•'.e should he informed that bv passing ihe necessary examinations he may become a Government servant »• a crowded building at eightv odd pounds a year, but that if he knows ll"- lopes he needn't pass anv examinations and may be appointed to ' h J} e > brc '- 2 >' billet at anything up to £;oo. He might possibly be informed that ,t , s better not to quaiiiy by residence and lovalty as a • Nl ' B '-'Zander, end that j, | s ,|„. .' 1 ' ' ' ll 1 111 N''! t c\'pei Is fll ee ' 1: - i" diiv,- lu lJu . . 'i- 1 ' ''xoeiis come. t:e v. iif ii l)f | (J , lt j R , , h '"- 'V * N( ' n ' 2e!il,ii>cl, anil settles V 1 ""in any '"*7' ,V'' !t , , thc b ' :llic finalities (hat ,7." successful are i', 1 'j 1 ' ' ' ' l!lJ ilKi: by applying ' t ' 'lU.ihtte,-. he may help to '! L " a,K! .v i»at is so wonderful--1":"-iuci.ve anil progressive that in ' " ,: . V '' V ' T Il:!rti - "It'ickslels" <■ ui ititeis aie unable lo ma :ci:.u!y hart it. Ihe sicaejly in, Teasing supp,,;i accorded us during tin seven months '•"> P'opiieiorsliip i L: s |„ie convitlcr.ibiy taxed „ ur mcchaidc.il re--11 h " s H»-'re!o,e been f,.„ l!: : " " ■ ll -* coii'-,;;|o !. 11 jI y augment " ?!l !'■ ,nr - •■l'd <i 11.<.n;-t i!) ( inn,,,, V1 ,. l ' 1 ' ,rh " l '!'<■ l-iiiotype has hem u,, '"" r l,h l'tovements are 111 '-"" l < ,| "-|dation which, when short]llU oper.ltinn, will still 1,,,. l! "' r v<' It-'P-'. add to !la poj ie i.i 1i 1 v wil.ilf-h. ..: t = ,1, , o,'-!ed ' ■O,I; : ,||. , j

At Manaia tin Monday a rifle ntalej was fired between the local teams sin one from liahotu, resulting in a wi for the latter by 573 to 616.

From an authoritative source we learn that one of the largest dairy factories in the province has refused to sell its output of butter at l(J:|d per lb.

It is reported that fifty temporary clerics employed at the Government Buildings have been given notice that they will not he required after the end iof the present month.

A private letter received in Welling ten stales thai from one hundred to one hundred and fifty Canadian farmer.*, who are dissatisfied with their lot in the Dominion, intend throwing up their selections, with the intent ion of settling in tke Iv'orth Island of is'ew Zealand.

The Very Eev. Father llays, the apostle of temperance, arrived in Liverpool on Wednesday night, June 13th, m the Cunard ILM.S. Carmania. Father Hays has expressed himself delighted with his visit to the colonies, and highly satisfied with its results. Kepeatedly ho has spoken of New Zealand as " the ideal country " for settlement tor the working man.

The news of the death of Mr Seddon was received in Loudon with great surprise and general and genuine regret. It wis, writes our Loudon correspondent, a very curious and striking experience to a former ISew Zealander to observe how entirely the death of Mr Seddon was the event of that day in .London, where, before the Seddon era, iS'ew Zealand was almost an unknown country. " The mail in the street' 1 ' knows Sew Zealand by name now, but lie associates the colony exclusively with two memories. One of these is Mr Seddon, the other is the " All Blacks." In short, as one newspaper remarks, the people of Britain have in the main come to think of New Zealand as "Seddon's Place,"— ■' Tost."

A young Englishman, wlio came to the Colony about throe years ago, got " full up " of it last year, and decided to return Home, lie soon got " full up " of that, too, and came back to iNew Zealand a week or so ago Writing to a friend in Feilding he says: " I was in England four or five months, and winter months at (hat, and it nearly killed me. i'ko thought of Having to work there, if I remained, was a big shock for a start; then again the thought of the long hours and small wage, and thirdly the temperature. . , I got a job the day after landing, and it is likely to bo a permanency, , . JS'o place like IS'ew Zealand." Tke job referred to means £3 a week,

Interviewed by tho "Sydney Telegraph," last week, " Dick " Arnst, the New Zealander who won the Sydney Thousand cycle race in March last, said he had liad enough of cycling both on the track and road. He is satisfied to end his career with the Sydney Thousand, Questioned as to the object of his visit to Sydney again, Arnst replied, "Well, I'm going to try and win the sculling championship of the world, and I cannot train for cycling and sculling too. I've made up my mind lo win the world's sculling championship, and with that end in view haye come across to put in twelve months' (raining on the Parramatta liivcr, with ueorge Towns to coach me. Twelve months hence I'll challenge the holder of the world's championship, whoever ne may be." If pluck, stamina and strength go for anything, anil he shapes as well as his admirers think he will, Arnst should haye a successful career as a sculler,

Mr Spencer is of opinion that no great necessity exists for sending a man to England to watch the method of Selling our produce. Fanners, he jsaid, are starting at the wrong end. vVhen buyers are so anxious to buy our butter, and are tumbling over one : another iu their eagerness, sating on tie ollice steps of tho dairy companies, 01' Uiru.j; cabs and the best horses to gel there lirst ; when buyers are prepared to sit shivering in the ram whilst waiting to interview tke companies, tkere is little need to trouble about tke jtker end. That may safely bo left to 1 lie couipclilion of the Home buyers. What the farmers have to do was to start right and get the best out of the land, and if that is done the Home market will look after itself, Mr Spincer considers that money spent Here in securing iuereused productivity of the land will do more good than if expended in paying the salary of-tm ollicial at itome.

"What slops docs your department intend to take to prove the purity of New Zealand's meat produce and to capture the patronage oi consumers who have been alienated by the Chicago exposures?" the Minister for Agriculture was asked during- his visit to Oauiaru. "The private companies and the Government agents at llornc are working assiduously and with considerable success ill both directions," replied Air Duncan. "There is little distrust. if any, of our products at Home, and we are securing markets which were formerly closed to us. Of course, with regard to big contracts, such as those for supplying the ainiy and navy, we are handicapped by our distance from the centres of distribution. American goods have been preferred because, in case of emergency ,they could be on the spot within six days, whereas otir products could not be delivered within thirty days. However, now' that the rank and file have refused any close association with America's doubtful stuffs, we may receive more amsidcration. In this connection, Sir Joseph Ward's experience will be very useful."

The tale ot a prospector published in the ''Auckland Star" is reminiscent of Stevenson's "Treasure Island." It is related that during the oast two years an experienced miner spent considerable time in the King Country in search of the reefs which he believed existed there. He worked alone, and as the Maoris were averse to prospecting, his work had to be carried on under great difficulties, lie had to "pack out" enough provisions on his back lo keep him going. At last his search teas rrwaided, but owing to the rough Jii\■ he had led k di'-H nut long ago. liefore doing' hnv.evrr, he handed to a friend 1 rich, specimen of quartz and a -ketch of the locality where it was lound, stating that it was only recently that he had found it, and thai he had left his tools planted close to Ihe reef. He died suddenly, an inquest was held, and a bag of specimens was found amongst his effects. A correspondent of the "Star" litis -cen ihe specimen first mentioned. If 't was obtained where stated, the •'rospcrts arc very hopeful. The

'rospector's sketch is so crude that ■t is likely to be of little service in !i'covering the locality of Ihe reef. Kacli day (says n Wangnnui wire) "i|ihasises the difficulty of t'orwardtnsterial for the construction of 'liilv and getting' provisions to the •v»ikors 011 the Ohakune section 0 f railway. The men 'to loa-.lly complaining of the rxn-s----"I l"''d, freights now being ; : -'tt-1 y . 15 tier u>n Iront I'ipiriki to ( ' 1 1 :! 1 it:.i'. The "Herald'' 1 • 1; 11 ; J!!; I(I trillltlillf :i il; 1i; 1 (,] !)<- (nl) . . dii ;i ci 1; 1 Jllll )>_• j,, (J ; VI . ' MH.liijn for ill,- holers, lus s:iviiu r 'lf cutting tip df ihw vo:!!.!, which is 'ii'trKi impassnl'ilc. Th" "I !r! ;ild"

I o advocates the creation of a hous:i;i;l feeding dcpaivmtn nm'er the "nblic Wolks OlliCc t,, deal woh !' ■ "imnodation and the sale an' 1 1 ! :■ II ■-! llt of provisions. This il thinks is the best method of enabling the moil to live at a reasonable '■n'e. especially those who have to remit monev to their wives and families.

]i:u'!»,iins, big bargains, anil biggest bargains, are Ihe order of I lie day al Melbourne Clothing Company's great sal". There's nolhing trumpery about :mv of the .'!!) big offerings, and tin savings all round are good and solid.— Auvt. A little 0. T. PUNCH, In a little water hot; A sound, refreshing sleep, Yes, that is what I got,

Mr J. 1). Mitchell, of Manaia, is proceeding by to-morrow's boat to Melbourne, whither he is talcing a young Clydesdale stallion.

The Whakatika Girls' Hockey Club's annual dance was held on inui'-day in (he Jiroughton street Hall. J. here was a very large attendance, and the function was most enjoyable and an unqualified success in every way. 't he decorations of the hall were most artistically arranged.

i he history of the postal transit of pictuie post cards is lull of interesting anecdotes, but perhaps one ol the strangest journeys made by one of these tokens of friendship lias been icported at Auckland by Captain Stem, of the Northern Steamship Company's Waitangi. Oil the vessel s last northern trip, says the Herald, ■' the captain was handed a bottle picked up by a native on the Vest Coast beach, near Cape Maria V an Diemen, about the beginning- of the month. The bottle contained a post card, and, although the water had got in, the handwriting was quite decipherable, and read as follows"Seven a.m., October 21st, ICJO3. Barque Grasmere, Eureka (Caifouiia), to London, seven days out; ail well. Latitude 52.30 south, longitude 52.00 west. T. J. Lacey. Please forward as found," On the address side was"Miss L. Blomlield, 0, Oak road, Withington, Manchester, England." This message liom the sea has thus travelled over yooo miles, tossed to and fro by tides and ocean currents, until finally landing on the New Zealand shore, and occupying just under three years in its passage. It will now start on another long voyage, but a more rapid one, as it will be forwarded to its destination per the outgoing Sail i-rancisco mail by Captain Stein.