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BY HUGH SAVAGE,: DUNCAN, B.C.
. With the Imperial Press Gonference in Australia.

2

ARTICLE THIRTEEN .

A tour through the Eastern
Canadian provinces does not re-
veal the immensity or the pro-
mise of the Dominion. The same
truth may be applied to Australia.
Like our West, Western Austra-

jlia igs separated from’ the eastern

states by vast expanses of coun-
try. onee deemed desert. Much
of it ean be used by pastoralists,
and, just as discovery of minerals
is bridging the waste between
east and west in Canada, so may-
it be that the process will be
repeated in Australia.

It began that way when gold
was found at Coolgardie, now a
deserted town, and at Kalgoorlie,
but although since 1917 there has
been a railway link, development
will be slower than in Canada,
for there is a competitive sea
route, Imagine ocean instead of.
the US. boundary line linking
Winnipeg and Vancouver, . _

Nine-tentbs of the Australians
live in the coastal belt of the
sontheast of their huge ‘island.
Taking Adelaide as the western
buckle, you are still far from haif
way across. The Trans-Austra-
lian Railway links Port Augusta
(260 miles north of Adelaide) to
Kalgoorlie, 1,051 miles west: ‘The
Western Australia government
lines run west from Kalgoorlie to
Perth, ancther 375 miles.

We left Port Augusta at night
and so. did not see, the shallow
salt lake country or the fence of
Wilgena station, which is 3,000
square miles—not acres—in ex-
tent. Morning revealed red sail
plains and undulating country
giving place to timbered sand-
hills, on the edge of which is
Qoldea, famous for its ‘‘soak’’ or
well, a meeting place for nomad
blackfellows and a ‘“jumping-off”’
place for the heroic explorers of
the "70s. A white lady, who has

‘spent most of her life among the

natives, here brought us gifts.
The samples of natives begging
for tobacco was not encouraging.
Flies and dirt were plastered all
over children’s faces. Such is
contact with civilization.

From Qoldea the Nullarbar
(treeless) plain stretches for 457
miles. It is. almost dead level
and 1s covered scantily with blue-
bush and salt-bush. It is a won-
derland, indeed. There is no
water—in fact, the whole Trans-

Australian does not cross a single

permanent watercourse. For 340
miles the line is dead straight~—
the world’s longest tangent. We.
saw wild turkeys between the
stations ‘named after Common-
wealth statesmen — Fisher, Dea-
kin, _Hughes. A mile short of
600 ‘from Port Augusta one comes

‘Sito the West Australian boundary.

But, if the plain be wonderful, so
is’ our train... The. world was
combed for ideas for.it: The re-
sult-is ‘a carriage ten feet wide
on standard guage, a lounge car,

: 5) divided | for smokers: -and | non=

smokers, and i in’ one of thé divi-
furnished with

aye

‘bath!

bound music, so that sing-songs

and even dances can be.enjoyed

en route. And there is a shower
The custom ‘of the Jand in
meals prevails. You. get early
morning tea in your | berth, break-
fast (84c. ), morning tea, lunch
‘(84c.), afternoon tea,. Ginner. ($1)
and coffee afterwards. An en-
gine uf the English: ‘type hauls
the long train, which ends witha
guard’s van,

Morning found us in Kalgoorlie
after about forty hours’ travel.
Watches went back ninety mi-
nutes. It was Sunday and: the
labor unions objected to men be-
ing engaged to show us. the
underground workings, so we
looked over the surface works on
the “Golden Mile’. The ore is
low grade now and there is agi-
tation forastate subsidy. Wood
fuel is used. Water (5,000,000
gallons a day) is pumped from
the great Mundaring weir, near
Perth, through eight stations and
pipes laid along the railway line
for 350 miles to Kalgoorlie. While
mining has declined, agriculture
nearer the coast has increased so
that the water is fully utilized.

‘Here our Western Australian
friends incorporated Manitoban
poetry in their welcome:

“Out where the handclasp’s a

. little stronger,

“**Phat’s where the West be-

gins.”

Iti is a place of parting. also, for

eight of thé twenty-one overseas

delegates had here to return to
Adelaide, victims of a senseless
labor dispute which. prevented
their ships calling at Perth..-

Through sandalwood and flow-
ering eucalyptus ( ‘‘ Christmas
trees’’) we came next morning
into Perth. In the nine busy
days which followed we saw a
good deal of the city and made
two expeditions—to the group
settlements and to the wheat
belt. On the night of our arrival
we retired, having attended a
government luncheon and recep.
tion, driven into the country, and
been the guests of honor at an
‘Imperial Press Conference race
meeting.”

The last was a trotting meeting

‘of seven events held under elee-

trie light. For twelve years past
similar meetings have been held
on Saturday nights, when attend-
ance runs to nearly 5,000. There
were perhaps more than that
number there at this special Mon-
day event. The Canadian Han-
dicap brought me $3: winnings.
‘Tn and around Perth’ live 176,-
500 people. There are 366,000 in
this biggest of the ‘states, cover-
ing a‘third of the continent. The
capital lies on and around the
beautiful Swan tiyer, at the
mouth .of which; ‘twelve miles
away, is Fremantle, the. port.
Many ships were lying idle at the
wharves; and police’and strikers |)

had clashed a few . ‘hours before

we drove through, - ‘The heights
abdve Freshwater afford.a charm:
ing view. of the.river, ‘and. on

| Cottlesoe beach surges the Indian

Ocean, -

On this city and atate the late
Lord Forrest, the first premier,
has left many marks of beneficent
foresight, not least in King’s
Park—a thousand acres of broad
drive, flowering eucalypts, ‘
enues of honor’, statues, kiosks,
tennis courts, grottoes, and ter-
races looking across Perth water
and the city.

There is more in Perth than a
park ot government house em-
bowered in a leafy garden; but
here a word must be spared for
the Argonauts, a civie and politi-
eal club, newly born but of phe-
nominal growth, which is out to
create a spirit of citizenship
among young men; is against
Bolshevism, and is for Imperial |
unity and state development. In

who has conducted young Aus-
tralia League parties to Canada
and the British Isles,

- With a night in thé train each
way, we spent two days among
the group settlements in the
southwest of the state. By like
teavelling we drove for a day in
the wheat belt. Western Aus-
tralia was an importer of wheat,
State initiative has peopled what
were considered arid areas. The
part we saw produced nearly.
2,000,000 bushels in 1924 against
28,500 in 1910, ‘The state pro-
duced 24,000,000 bushels in 1924.
25, average vield being 12.8 bu-
shels per acre, ‘

Here one saw rabbit proof fen-
eing on prairie like land, but,
where fields were left open, the
edges af the crop were nibbled
into for many yards,. Water is

Perth alsoI met Mr. J, J. Simons, |

In the: Supreme Court of:

British Columbia.
In the Matter of the ng edmministration

Act’',
In the Matter of "the ESTATE OF
FRANK MEARNS, deceased, testator,

Take notice by an order of His Hon-.
our Judge Young made the 8rd day of
. | May 1926, 1 was appointed administra-
tor of the estate of Frank Mearns, de-
ceased, testator. All persons having
claima ‘apainst the said estate are here-
by required to forward same, properly
verified, to me on or before the 28th
day of May, 1926, and all parties
indebted to the said ‘estate are required
to pay the amount of their indebtedness
to me forthwith.
Dated 10th May, 1926. .
STEPHEN H. HOSKINS,
Official Administrator,

4647 Smithers, B,C.

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precious and is conserved in
“dams,” ie, ponds scooped out
of the flat land to catch rainwater
and drainage. Every sizeable rock
is utilized as a catchment area,

One such reservoir was roofed
over—for evaporation takes many
feet—and even had safeguards to
prevent wastage through ripples
by the wind.

Western Australia importsyear-
ly $1,000,000 worth of dairy pro-
ducts from the eastern states.
Hence the scheme to create a
dairy district in the wet south-
west, In the wheat belt there
was light bush, but the groups
we saw between Busseltun and
Margaret River were carving
farms and homes amid heavier
timber. Karri. and jarrah have
been largely cut out there, but
further south, towards Albany,
are big forests of karri, trees
running 200 feet high and six to
ten feet through. Land clearing
is notas hard as in B.C, but
fallen trees have to be snlit by
blasting. _ The hardwood ash
helps the soil; subterranean clover
is doing well.

Groups of new arrivals from
Britain are settling here under a
state scheme financed in conjune- |
tion with the Commonwealth and
British governments. In the last|
three years some 9,000 souls have

now leader of the opposition, de-
vised the scheme. .
C. Angwin is now in charge of
the scheme. .

‘group. settlement..

thus been added to the state. Sir|
James Mitchell, late premier and |.

The Hon, W. .
Both think alike on

The Bulkley Hotel

E. E. Orchard, Owner

Enropean or American Plan

The headquarters for the Bulkley
Valley. Tourists and Commercial men
find tnis a grand hotel to atop at.

All trains met. Autos, livery or rigs
saddle horaes provided.

Smithers. B. C.

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tickets for any period at 1.50 per
month in advance, This rate in-
cludes office consultations and
mediciaes, as well as all costa
while in the hospital. Tickets are

. obtainable in Hazelton from the
drug store; from T. J. Thorp,
Telkwa, or by mail from the medi-
cal superintendent at the Hospital.

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