NEW AUSTRALIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XLI, Issue 3344, 2 December 1893, Page 12

NEW AUSTRALIA.

■. — 7 • vi. v . -n Some more information lias been'published s 'ihi ihe "caee; of*the emigrants from old; Australia to New 1 Australia, inParaguay. The first news received was to the effect fhat.the first batch had arrived, taken'pos-l swsion of the land,. and were satisfied. The later communication is: M Delay all wmen for six months; send bushmen with all:possible despatch." .Tn accor* : •dance with this advice, a mixed shipment •which liad teen projected lias been countermanded, and 200 single men, mostly sturdy bushmen, have been selected, and will probably leave next month by the EoyhlTar, which is expected shortly at •Adelaide. After that, it is said, the same ebip will return direct to New Zealand, and take hence a full complement. From l<he bejrinninjar it was predicted, by people who knew anything of the country, that the women who went out with the •first lot of emigrants would have a hard time of it, and it was indeed regarded as a mistake to take any until preparations iiad beer, made : for housing,them. The telegram,'quoted above seems to show -that this view was the correct one. It •does not appear necessary to imagine that .anything Worse has'; happened than the discovery of the fact that the first settlers -must bear somewhat,severe hardships, and that the' services of men who cftn endure them- and make life more tolerable for the weaker sex are required with urgency. It is nrobable that not until after ths taps© of ■a considerably longer time will the means 'he afforded for forecasting the futureof the; ■settlement. In, the, early days there •will be the influences of novelty, excite* dent and enthusiasm .to keep up the spirits of the settlers. When these in■fluences have begun to wane, and the settlers begin to adjust themselves per-, snancntly to their new conditions, will, •come the real. test of their i patience and ■frith. It is said that from the beginning this communistic experiment .has. excited, the greatest amount of interest amongst; the shearers and bushmenand that;.the •experiment is now being closely watched by members of the Shearers' Union. Doubtless, from the ranks of the bushmen •should come the class of emigrants ( most likely to survive the early struggles of the ; mew life. But there is something.remarkable in the statement that a whole shipload will soon be sent from New. Zealand •only. We have been hearing so much lately of the victories of ultra-democracy in New Zealand, and of the revived prosperity of that colony, that it is a little startling to leirn that even there men are •dissatisfied with their lot, and are eager tolescape to not only new scebes but a , new mode if life. It would appear that •even in New Zealand, with heavy taxes upon the landowner and capitalist and -with women suffrage in full swing, the 41 competitive struggle for existence " has not been relaxed far enough to bring •peace 1 ., The inequality of opportunities fitiil remainp, and the dead level of communistic life offers, like a mirage in the ■desert, attractions too strong to be withstood. —Syaney^RiK_ : _| L __J_2_2^_|__