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COMMISSIONER SUTTOR

ON AUSTRALIA.

THE

HONGKONG

Intimations,

HONS:

TELEGRAPH FRIDAY MARCH 10 1911

where is to be found some of our richest soil over what is known as the great artosian basis, and 'OXFORD LOCAL, EXAMINA- At the City Hall yostdyday which has boon traced for over afternoon, a vory interesting 1000 miles in a southerly direc- lecture was given by Mr. J. B. tion from the extreme north and Sullor, the Commercial Commis- for about 700 miles in width from

AMINATION will be reived sionor in the East for New South east to wost. By mnene of dia- by the undersigned up to WEDNES- Walos. His Excollency tho Gov. – mond drills the water is tappod at j'DAY, THE 15TH INST., nt Noon. ornor, Sir Frederick Lagard, pro-dofths varying from 200 to sidod, and thore was a large al-, 1000 foot, tlic dismetor tendanco.

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ENTRIES for the JULY EX-

E. RALPHS, Hon. Local Secntary,

JUST UNPACKED

A New Consignment of ARTIFICIAL WREATHS

in

PATENT DOME CASES, Simplo, Strong, and Ellectivo. ALL SIZES-Mopsaate Papro.

C. E. Warren & Ĉo...

Contral.

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Rails.

Intimations

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. THE YOKOHAMA

FOR

NAPLES, GENOA,

ALGIERS, GIBRAL- TAR, SOUTHAMP TON, ANTWERP and HAMBURG...............

BREMEN.

STEAMERS.

TO BAIL by

· Prinzess Alice" Capt. P. O fosch w....................

(T. 20,300)

(T. 17,005)

Capt. II. Regener,

(T. 0,750)

(WEDNESDAY, 22nd March, at Noon.

About WEDNES-

DAY, 22nd March,

SATURDAY,

26th March, at Daylight

SHANGHAI, NAGA-Y" Kler **

SAKI, KOBE and Capt. O. Pabuke YOKOHAMA ..........................

YAP,

ANGAUR, NEWCULENZ GUINEA, BRIS BANE, SYDNEY & MELBOURNE....................... ) KUDAT and SANDA-

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generally speaking the geograph30 & 32, Dos Voeux Road; MANILA, ical and loading features in regard to the whole of Australia.

must now crave your kind indul-Hongkong, Aik Mar, 1911. gonco for a few brief and intro- ductory remarks in regard to the main object of my lecture, viz, New Smith Walos-the mothor State of the Australiang. New South Wales is far and away the loading Stalo in population, wealth, and commerce, and while

FURNITURE AND · PHOTO

BORNEO"

Capt. F. Sumbill

(T. 3,050))

End of March.

of the bores ranging 6Hongkong, 8th Mar., 1911. (946 IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES His Excelloney was necom- to #inches, and the flow panied by Sir Archibald Edmon- of pure water up to 4 million stone, C.V.O., and the A.D.C., gullons per day. Ono cannot Captain Mitchell Taylor.

over-estimate the value of the Mr. Sattor anid -Your Ex-artesian water supply to Australia, celloney, ladies and gentlemen, and the great benefit it has and whenever I riso to spoak 1 certain will prove, to agricultural and ly fool that whatever subject l'ai pastoral pursuits. It is really n about to deal with could very inagnificent sight to sea ane of the easily fall into abler hands, for 1 artesian bores spouting its water invariably fool somewhat in the above surface level. Such aro light of Mark Antony on the death of Caesar-not as an orator-but as a plain blant mm that loves' his country and the great and glorious Empire that wo in An- stralia uro privileged to form such, an important part. folding, as 1 do, such strong imporialistic views, all the more approciato the great honour His Excelloney has conferred mpon

in prosiding this afternoon, and which I also look upon as a very great compliment to the Government and people I live the honour of representing. I also siceroly thank thosh ladies and gentlemen present for their kind attendanco, and can only hope that my remarks, and pic turos, may prove of more than passing interest, na cable you all to return to your homes with a cleator insight and bettor know- ledge of a country that is to-day looko upon as unquestionably one of the richest in the world, and where the soil is waiting and begging to give forth its richos to

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recognise that statistics are not at all times interosting, and having this in view, I will be as brief as possible in order to place some solid facts before you. In regard to any country that one is likely to, settle in, one of the most in- portant of considerations is tho question of health, and which can. always bo ganged by the death rate por thousand of the popula- tion. Taking first of all Sydney, the queen city of the South, with a population of over 500,000, the douth rate is oily 10.30 per thoi sind, but taking the whole Slato the death rate is 0.52 per thousand,

Passing on to other matters of interest I will next take commerce.. Evory one is interested in com-

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untold millions in the future. A healthy state of affairs that is Ingkong, 8ch Man, 1911. land also from whence we hold out 'not," D Ivol, oqualled by any warm hands of brotherhood and other country in the world. When friendship to all members of the wo cow to roalise that the death Anglo-Saxon family, in further-rato in Asia varios, from 30 to 60 nuce of our desire to build up a per thousand, it must show A No. 25, arust of D'AQUILAR great English speaking nation' what a marvellously healthy placo in the southern hemisphero and New South Wales is to live in. under the great Southern Cross. To take a ensory glanco at map of the world, and being aware of the fact that the total land area of, merce, for it is tho back-bone of Hongkong, 741 Mært, 1911. the globelt is the surface every country, Noarly 50 por are above water is equaltoabout! cont. of the commerce of Australin 54,000,000 square miles, of which is done by New South Wales. Australia contains over 3,000,000. In 1900 our jimports and exports

quaro miles--or about or equalled about 27 and 28 No. 2, SEYMOUR TERRACE cent, of the total aron, when wo millions:terling respectively, but come to realise that the total in 1910 the imports increased to inhabitants of the world aro 'about 40 millions, and our ex- estimated at -1,600,000,000 and ports to about 50 millions ptor- that Australasia with. 6 per cent. ling, which placos us in trade per Hongkong, 6th Mar., 1911. of the land area only contains head of the population, moro, about 5,000,000 of peoplo-such aspecially in regard to exports, an must, I feel, convey in' goldon one of if not the richest country language the enormous possibili- in the world; An increase of 22 ties that exist for settling people millions sterling in ton years- on the land, and that we are the actual growth and production capable of supporting at a low of the soil is, I-foel, something to House. ostimate, over 100 millions of be proud of, and convers in Stable people, and where the climatiq, golden language the great pro-

Apply to conditions and security to life and ductivenoss of the soil. In fur- praporty is all that could be ther illustration of our progress, desired under what is known as the oxelungo settlements for 13

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Australia, and Tasmania. On in 1900 to considerably over 50 OFFICES in Kisa's · Bondinge, the 1st of January 1001, the millions sterling in 1910-facts Statos mentioned foilørated under, that speak volumes in favour of what is known as the Common the country, but still wo hoar wealth and by which all matters occasional remarks that we are relating to defence, immigration, going headlong to destruction. customs and postal arrangements. If so, we are doing it with an wore handed over to the jurisdic excellent banking account. An- tion of the Federal Parliament- other evidence of progress, and but, in other respects, the federal which must appeal to everyone, authorities do not interfere with, for it bears upon the condition of what I might term the Sovereign the masses, and that is tho rights of the various States in re- Goverment Savings Bank. In gard to all legislation ofa domestic 1900 the total depositors stood at nature. The oloction of all mem- 282,000, with about 11 millions bars to the federal and States' storling to their credit, but| Parliaments is on the basis of în 1910 the figures increased universal franchise, both sexes on to 478,000, the amount deposit attaining the age of 21 and over ed being about 1.28,000,000, or having the right to vote, a pri- equal to 143-11-3d, por depositor, viloge that has so far worked with or L12-10-24. per head of the vory satisfactory results. In population. Feeling that I havo addition to the efforts being put now almost exhausted your pati- forth by the various States to once by voluminous statistics I encourago settlement on the land, must place 'something of a more the Commonwealth authorities interesting nature before you by are also energetic by way of ad- way of living pictures on the vorlising the advantages that are screes, and as the pictures appear boing offered by the various I will endeavour to supplement States. Many people have, I four, those observations by further re- the idea, that Australia is not marks of a descriptivenature. Mr. Hongkong, 25 Jan., 1911. [844 capable of a large population. Sutter then, as the various pic- Such is really not the case, of which turos appeared on the screen, the following is amplo evidence. pointed out the great, advantages If wo take the coast line of Aus that are offering in New South tralia, and where the rainfall in Wales from an agricultural, pas- certain and regular, you have a toral, and tourist point of view, larger aron than that comprised and thus concluded a most in in the United Kingdom, Spain, structivo and illustrativo lecture." Portugal, France, Germany, Aus tralia, all this without taking into ponsideration the interior, and

His Excellency moved a voto of thanks to the lecturer, and 3fr. Sutter briefly responded,

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