MORE AUSTRIANS COMING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8413, 12 January 1899, Page 2

MORE AUSTRIANS COMING.

» OPEN DOOR TO EUROPEANS.. (Electric Telegraph— Copyright— United Press As r ociation.) Sydney, Jan. 11. Sailed : s.s. Mokoia, with a contingent of Austrians. Mgldoorkk, Jan. 11. The Argus, referring to the Austrian difficulty, says the colonies are agreed that there can bo no unchecked entry of Asiatics, but they are called upon to deal with a different question in the matter of advantages and disadvantages of an open door to Europeans. It asks whether we can shut the door in their faces without bringing shame on ourselves, or whether they are a menace "to our civilisation? " The best and most deserving colonists of Victoria arc the hardy German pioneers of the Wimmera district. It cannot be said there is no room for these foreigners cither in New Zealand or Australia. Such a statement is too preposterous even for pretence. Poverty in a merely pecuniary sense should be no bar to' the admission of healthy immigrants." Auckland, to-day. Information lias been received that there are about one hundred Austrians on board the s.s. iVTokoia, which is due here on Sunday. The Austrian Consul is not prepared to enter into a bond for their landing. The Government have issued instructions that the Union Company must execute a bond of £10 per head before the Austrians are allowed to land.