IN ABYSSINIA.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19899, 30 May 1936, Page 24 (Supplement)

IN ABYSSINIA.

COLONISING POSSIBILITIES. VERY LITTLE SCOPE. "1 lnld him lhal I lmd heard from lho soldiers and workman about the V'ivlun'ss of the sail," \\x‘lln‘s .\liss Muriel Curm)’, “.\ \\‘umuu on lllv Allysninian “311‘," 21nd sln- guns un ln qunlu lllv I‘vply ()l’ llm Allminlsll'ulul' ul‘ nnv of “ll‘ nccupiml lllslrirlsl “Tlmsv mt'n :n'l'ivr'd just al‘lm‘ the 14mm! rains and huh- m'vn lllu gruund :11 the momt-nl, 01' its .flh‘ntvsl l'vrlilily. From now nnlil [llO Univ rains in the spring, il. will hog-mun 51"(|l“1_\' drier; tho water drains :mny wry quickly. and llm erl‘rs \‘lrlunlly (limmwau‘; even the famous March will lu- Inn. :1 lrickltu ’l‘lm l'vsult is lllul, vullivn— Hon ran only he curried mm In any mu (em. durlng a \"cry bricf period. uml

the methods adopted by the natives arc really thu best suited to the soil. No Opening for Italian Emigrants. “I do not think that there is any opening for Italian emigrants here. The native population is increasing rapidly as the result of what we have (tone to improve the health of the peopln and to protect them from raids. and \\‘o. cannot displace them to settle Italians nn the land. liven as it is, \w hmt‘ in imimt‘l L‘Ul‘tt l'l‘nm Austra—lift in Stiplilr‘llii‘iil our Supply. The lowlands :n‘v so hot and avid that no mm mm ]l\'i‘ ihm'o. “iiutttu lil't' ruismi on the mountain slmwsi lint. as .\nu have surn. ihc pusturu is pomp and the animals Vl‘l')‘ small: we haw done a moat deal in stumping out dis-vase and improv—ing tho iu‘cl‘d. and now them is a fan-tinny t‘tn- iinnml hvvi‘ at, Asmara. It is only nu tln' cvnti‘ul plateau that, :mi'irultnrn is pussibio, and than only :It vm'tuln st‘nsnns. On at small sin-tion mi tho oasit‘i‘n fronliui' we ham: lwvn .dtln In Ki'nw l'oltnn and tobacco, but do uui. see any pussi~

bility of further development, of (hat kind. ”The country has been thoroughly surveyed for minerals, but, none have been found in a quantity which makes 1t worth while to work them. It is a poor territory,