SEPARATION MOVEMENT IN QUEENSLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4528, 3 December 1884, Page 4

SEPARATION MOVEMENT IN QUEENSLAND.

The goneral depression existing throughout Northern Queensland is largely attributed by the inhabitants to defective legislation. Experience tends to proVe that there is either decided inability ;or disinclination on the part of the south fo make suitable provision for. northern Mquiremenii. The resources ,of the dis" trict remain undeveloped, and loans borrowed to a large extent on the security of Northern Queensland are spent almost exclusively for the benefit of the south. The wide discontent prevailing in the north has fiven birth to a cry for separation. I^agueß aye already been formed in Townsville, Macky, and most of tho northern towns, influential meetings have beer, held, and the public voice is unanimously' in favour of separation. The movement is rapidly extending throughout the north, and the cause of the separationista is sufficiently sound to warrant the expectation of speedy success. The revenue of North Queensland is three times that of Moretcn Bay District when the latter separated from New South Wales, and the population is-; just double. The territory of the notth is extensive, and the natural resources magnificent. The history of Victoria and Queensland is referred to as a striking example of tho phenomenal prosperity ■whicn in these instances attended tho declaration of colonial independence, i =5