THE HOPE OF ZION CITY.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12498, 8 May 1906, Page 7

THE HOPE OF ZION CITY.

".lohn Alcxar.drr Dowii , , having to tlio ond ot hi« tt-tuor,' writt's Aiih-!-k-jiii corivs|>cndpnt of tlic ''Sydney Mcrnmjs HiT«il<l.'' "Zioii City is in |x>iil, it nil ilii cliM-f ho(x» is Wilhur i i (llcnii Voliva. t]it> yonns man from I ' Mollinunio. Trembling on the brink ot" ; :1 financial i\w people wii<> fa.-)I- i - ishly put thfrv tnist in 'th« apo>tl©' now ' look with anxious <>yti< touaids tho new c <i\-:T«<vr, who <li*rfM'ilK'<l as >i 'yoiui<; 111:111 ot dyii:iiui(» lorci , , i\ ni.uvfl ot .vc-ii- j (■oiiliilt'iiLi , . - lli.ti<'(iod by creditors, flic- -i m; 4 <-.:icli <lay ob-tarliw whicli tlio I <il I);;\vic i:iv;i'«l, t!n> n«>w k>ndor vlio ■a has arisen from Australia is making a t

valiant fight for the rehabiliation of Zion. D«-;pito his youth. Voiiva is thoroughly verged in the wisdom which hard and rough contact with the world bring-;. In temperament and nature he is th(> antithesis of Dowio. He is endeavouring to put the Ziou chip in sl:-ai>e to ride tho «-a of dt-bt. and it looks as if be will .succeed. AI road v lie ha.s effoptwl a greater degree of" a<l--iv:ini.s!rativo organiaition t.lian I)owie did in all hif, years of dictatorship. From all accounts Ovor>cer Voliva has applied to a perplexing situation a .sticiig mixture f >f what u> termed •;•,<>,■•" M'lin', , co:iibi:i:d with frankncfN jiinl eand.-nir. Ho hax n-lmitied to creditors that they bavi* ncH h«.-n justly tn-.:vttd. and lut> them that ilk-v will !»;• paid in full, lie scvnis not Ut h:< worried over the cuti-ume of his \H\t .s:iys lit , in absolutely tiiiaiii Zion v ill "weather the gale. He Ivliov".-. he i-, <\>)\v Hearing le-vi tem]>estuiiii> wattMN. but .idiniLs that s-ome of tho luo-i trying days arc yet before i:iin. lie .>:i\i-, ZiMii'h obligations ;/»:.■ nift in,,re than £100.000, and" be hojMw ti> pay tho-i- within a yo«ir. wi'h iiiteri'.-t. At iui-<n: the nio-t: .prions p!;i(M> at tlif Mfi::,?iun i> the <lisjx>.-ition c.i c-<Tuiiii «-.ri-(ii•'.)!« to prowixl against Douif, rft.J'.uiki-.-. ef the coJisi'tjuenoen. j \'oiivji ha> Ikm'ii fonferring with the.-:* C'ini])l;uniii!j; and irriuitinl claiman's in ' a coiirteoii.-. minuor, uiul it .prol>ahle bi> may iudiioi' tlu-iu to wait. On L ». tliiiiß tvrt-iin. viz., Doyie will never bi> m acti\c control of Zion again.''