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MR, J. N. MOQ&S MISSION )JN ■ •■■■ ':..'.;;,; ,. : kn^Md''. ■" y • : 80,000,000 'EMPTY AQRES. 4 When the Hon. Newton. J. JVlo&re, Premier of "Western Australia), w'htf is paying- a brief official visit to EnglaJid, arrived ai Charing Crpsss Staticai;J|asic Saturday week evening he was greeteu by a large nuniber of Government! offipajte apid pronniftieflaH Anglo-Au^al-ian;s. ■■ ■ ■ ; ■" : : M ■■'■ Mr Moore has the distinolion of j|being the youngest Premier of tlie.:J|m-pia-e, and though he first, entered j'Ms State Parlianienrb oaily five and a ;Kali yea?s ago he ; hais for more than four years 'held office, &flid.nlo§it of ihetdnie ■as Premier. Firot appointed to: tliat position at 4h© age cf (thirty-five, r Moore is no ; yeb forty. Big-limbed [ and suggestimg great phys'ioal strejijgth in his. veiy movement., deliberate : v m speeoli, and big-voiced,- Mr; Moore 4 is typical of the successful Colonial^ , ' THE, ALTERNATIVE. jSir. Moore's motisioai is the ; extension oi tiie immdigravdota work of Westerii, Ausa;alia in London. "We' h>ve bO,UUO,UuO acres " ; 6i' some of the finest land; in the wcirid Avaiting to be pePpled,^ Ho said. "If ■ European's. ••'will not come to us and itake the ricn'es. we ; have to oiler, we cannot expect, 'to., keep out the hungry hordes of coloured peaple ivho "i rom close , by.'' i>ur continent watch, and wait for -a favourable oppoi-t/uniity to avail -.thorn-selves of our coustry. "Actually we cannot find enough men to satisfy . the demajidis of our •Laib'bur Bureau. In" one week there wer c only six'ty-eeveii applicaats the 273 positions vacant. That sounds; ratlier diff ereat : from , your hureau in Loiidoii. For xho man who wishes " to toke up land the State offers . him -,a present of ■ 1.60. acres. Then the Agricultural Bank cf ihe State comes aolng and lends him whatever capical he requires. Already "more than £1,---000-dOO has been advanced in thds w^. - .;■".'"; ■; .;■__;. ;; ■■.. ( ■' "Tho class of man Australia ■..w.ants, is the agrdcuilturist who knowo,> what grit 1 is; Even if he has never' shown much of it in h:s home country it is not long before the average 'jackaroo' develops it in .the great open spaces and the -fine free life of Ailsfcr|iia;. There is no limii. toa man's prcsiM'--tie> in .the, lands of -the south. With honest endeavour any man ban ri&fe* in a few years to the highest positioifl in ihe State.: . - ; ""*?*:■ : "MAKE US REMEMBER YOU." ; --I oficen wonder whether it .has occurred to the, Londoner how an Eng-I:sli-rpe3fpiled Auslxalia will be able to help England in times of trouble ? -Do ycu realise that Australia could feed the whole of the United Kingdom Is iz not better th&ai our meat and wheat and bu'titex should corn* io England than that a coloured horde should feed off our pastures ? "The visit cf the American fleet to Australia eighteen .months ago brought our people into a dose sympathy and affection for the United States. The visit of 'the English fleet would" tighten up the bonds of Empire; Keep on makimg us remember you."