ENGLAND'S FUTURE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1452, 22 October 1881, Page 3

ENGLAND'S FUTURE.

Under the above heading a well-written artiole appeared in the Manchester 0 News the other day, pointing- out the value of the Colonies to the Mother Country, and tables were given to piovo 'that while, during the past ten ye,irs>, our exports ttf European aud other foreign countries had fallen off 5 pci cent, our colonial trade had mci eased by 3'2i per cent The" steady and increasing demand for our home manufactures on the patt of our colonies and po^esaions fully warrants the statement of the writer that " the future Peounfy of our home industries lies principally in our trade with the different paitw of our own Empire." Observing this letter, Mr A. S. Robertson, well-known in Melbourne, but now living at Moss Side, vnote a letter to our contemporary supplementing the lcmnrks of the writer and pointing out the advantages of our own colonies as fields for emigration. Without the slightest wi.-h to disparage the United States as a field for emigration, ho fetln warranted iv stating that our Auttmlun colonies, Now Zealand, and Tasmania offer equally good advantages as the Uuited States, and in point of climate ho consider they are superior. In many of the States of America, he observe*, the extremes of heat and cold aio veiy great, tho lattti 1 1 being a great drawback to our Canadian possessions ; but in Australia, New Z .iland, and Tasmania, especially iho two latter countiies, the range of temperatuio is very equable, and to persons in delicate health this .should be the first consideiation in choo'-ing a new country for a home. The distance aud cost of the passage ont to Australia and New Zealand is no doubt the leiif-on why so few (comparatively) go theie. Still, he imagines if these countries were better undoiistood there aie numoeis of people possesbed of sufficient means to take them there, and cany them on for a little time until they got "settled on the laud or in homo other occupations. Theiejue thousands of oui young men literally wat-ting the best years of their life in onfm cod idleness in all our large to\\n«, -who, if only in a now countiy aud willing to woik, would lay the foundation of independence and comfort for theinK-lves and families and ho help to Ktiengthen and build up oui colonial Empire. Mr Kobert&ou hin.sclf is about to return to Au'tralia with hi.s family and settle thcie.— European Mail.

The new pure cash system now bumg initiated by G. and C. will certainly pro\c a benefit to the public It h.is bet n.l great success in hjdncj and Melbourne .md when btuclly earned out the customer ■who bins at an est ibbshment where the goods aic marked low to ensure .1 rapid sale must be .1 great gainer d and C sell their diaper) milliner) , .mil Uutlmu; .it such pn< cs (or c isli as gives the bujer the .ul\.int iki" ot a sh ireholch r in a eo-operati\t souet), without the risk of being called upon to bearapoittonof the loss should the year's business pio\e unsatisfactorj. G irhck and Cranwell will aim to retain the confidence which the public ha\e hitheito shown tluni, and are determined togni the pure cash system a fair trial; whether they trim or lose the first jear. Countrj bmers on remitting cash with order will be supplied with goods at co-operatr, e prices , just the same as though thc\ made i person il selection I'urnishinif good's such a-, carpt ts, floor cloths, bedsteads, beiiding xnd generr.l housi furn-turt, the Ingest portion ot i\lnch is turiiL-d out at oi!i own factory, will be marked at the lowest remuneratne prices, and a discount of five per cent, will be Allowed to those who p.iy ,it the time of purchase. G. &. C. li.iwng --ciliscd the entire \aiuc o( their stork during their late cash sale, the present stock is M wandw and cm \vi y iiouoiti An inspection is united.— (jaui k w akv Ck\nwi i I ,Cit) II ill F u -in slung \rcade Oi"'imistr<>( t, Auckland Tiik present Duko of Wellin^tou li.is diawn ii pension nf £4000 a ye.ir since the deuth of h:s father i» 18)2. He has. al.-o £32,000 a year tiom estates givtn to his f.it.'icr by the Government, "fid the mleicbl on £700,000 voted t'> the grcit Duke by tlio JJuti-h L'uli Jincnt .iftt-r the buttle of Watciloo. Tlic jucbcnt DuKe i-< Ii )(\iis old.