The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-24
Cannibals Still Remain in Austria
lian Desert.
Not Many Visitors to Australia Tempt
ed to Penetrate Center of Country
Everybody Says It's Vast
UNEMPLOYED Region.

New York.-If you have a mind to
visit Australia it might be just as we'll
to keep away from the center of the
continent according to D. c. Cameron.
Scoichman who has lived out there
tor 20 years and who is now at the
Imperial Especially would Mr. Cam
eron be disposed to recommend that
you refrain from travelling alone.
Why? Cannibals.
Not that many visitors to Australia
are tempted to penetrate the center OF
the country Everybody says it's q
vast unexplored region. desert But
sometimes man goes out prospect
ing and Is never heard OF again. and
then down to civilization come tales
OF how the bones OF what had appar-
emily been white man had been
found bleaching about the remains OF
camp fire, and then lit by bit the
TACT comes out that the .oiitary seek
er Tor god had fallen into the hands
OF some OF the first families OF the
country and made contribution to
the aboriginal table d'hote
1t wasn't to tell aLcut ,nIs that Mr..
Cameron came to Ney York. he is
sober, ical business man. and he
is in the .tnfted States to see how
milk is manufactured heie Not the
caicereous beverage obtained by treat
ment OF isaphanizomenated aqua Gro
tona that used to fad .eady market
here before some New YorAers had
heard about cows. but pomae. ed mix.
Ihey are going to start new manu-
featuring industry in Australia and
Mr.. Cameron is the general manager
OF the company and he is Iraye ing to
get points
Our factory is being butt ii place
about l2S miles from Melbourne" said
Mr.. Cameron. Within radius of
four miles from 1t there are yielded
every morning from 100 600 to 1900
pounds OF milk. That, OF course. is
great cattle country; and there are
lot of butter factories. OF course
great part of the milk produced is con-
sumed by the butter factor les: in the
spring the supply is such that the
waste cannot be consumed by the
calves and pigs In the neighborhood,
to which 1t Is fed. We are building a
plant to cost $4,000 and an English
engineer is installing machinery. Fl
have been visiting factories in Canada
and Syracuse and am now going over
to England to study the process there.
We shall begin on a small scale. but
we expect the far east to furnish
great market.
Big holdings of land in Victoria
are rapidly going out, the big estates
being rapidly divided into smaller
and sold off, Just month !
before left an estate of 1900 acres
was divided up and sold, and a great |
Zeal of it realized $500 an acre. This |
was not for city lots, mind you, OF |
land, but FOR what had been
1airy land for some years A curious |
hing about the sale was that the peo-
pie who bought were all residents of |
he district
What We call the bush is not SO |
ar from Melbourne on one side" said !
Mr.. Cameron In answer to question.
In fact. 1t lies only about thirty miles
o the west. The aboriginal Inhabitants
ire very few now and most of them
ire kept in colonies by the govern
nent corresponding somewhat to
'our Indian reservations. In parts of
western Australia. ! should say near
he center of the continent. the blacks
re savages. and like their bit OF hui
nan flesh at times. They are not
lighting lot and don't believe they
ill and eat one another to any extent.
'uf an occasional prospector gets in
mong them and realizes his mistake
CO ate
Tney are very fond OF Chinese. 100. /,
tisI gets mag them
"a ~ 70 ff hin.