The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-11-25
STUDY THE
BRITISH
EMPIRE
Party of Beers Are
on Way Through
Honolulu.

"The Imperial Government is send
ing my party around the world on a
tour OF the British colonies in order
that the Boer delegates may learn how
the English, Canadian, Australian, and
New Zealand farmers work. Our party
is looking for modern agricultural
ideas that may be applied in the work
Of putting the agricultural end of the
Transvaal on an up-to-date basis"
This what Captain ]. H. Kirkpatrick,
of the South African Constabulary, said
yesterday in reference to a party Of
which he is in charge, and which is
travelling on the Miowera. This party
consists of Captain and Mrs. Kirkpat-
rick, w. l.. Jooste, Mrs. Jooste, NJ.
Lane, Mrs. Lane, and II. T. Rood.
The latter five are Beers. Jooste and
Lane fought with Cronje, and were
members of the Inflated lager cap
tured by Lord Roberts at Paardeburg.
Rood fought right up to the end of the
war. He was one of the supposed cir
reconcilables" whom it was thought
would never surrender.
This party of Beers were selected by
the main body of Burghers after the
war. They are contented party, and
to see them standing at the rail one
would not imagine that he was looking
at representatives of one of the finest
and most stubborn lot of fighters that
the last quarter of the century pro-
duced. But their thoughts are far from
the scenes of battle now Old memo
ries are dying out. They are looking
over the entire British empire, exam
ming it's old style of farmers in the
outlying counties of England, the
highly developed agricultural indus
tries of Ontario, the cold, hard ranches
of Manitoba, and the more recent agri-
cultural successes of British Columbil.
"All this is being done at the expense
of the British government. They have
won the war;" said a Miowera pas
senger who has conversed considerably
with the Beers, "and they wish to show
the Boer that they would like to win
his affections and his loyalty. Britain
knows that everyone cannot be a miner
in the conquered republics, and she
wishes that one of the finest agricul-
tural countries in the world should be
developed. The Transvaal covers an
immense area, and everything under
the sun can be grown there. It is the
finest agricultural section of South At
RIGA and see no reason why it cannot
feed the whole of South Africa. / do
not think you can name anything that
can be grown in any temperate or semi
tropical climate which will not thrive
in some section of our new possessions.
These Beers realize that their country
men have great opportunities ahead of
them as agriculturalists and they are
making the best of their time now
They have already gathered mass Of
information concerning agriculture and
their reports to their countrymen will
be of great value"
Captain Kirkpatrick will lead his
force on to Australia. They will study
the small farms near the big cities and
the enormous sheep stations of the
back blocks" Then they will go to
New Zealand and learn of the great
progress that has been made in that
dairying country. Their trip promises
to be a pleasant one under Captain
Kirkpatrick's guidance, as he is very
wide-awake gentleman and loses no
opportunity to make their time enjoy
able