The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-09
Cannibals Still Remain in Austria
liam Desert.
Not Many Visitors to Australia Temps'
ed to Penetrate Center Of Country
Everybody Says It's Vast
Unexplored Region.

New York.-If you have a mind to
visit Australia it might be just as we'll
% keep away from the center of the
sentiment, according to D., c. Cameron,
= Scotchman who has lived out there
Ror 20 years and who is now at the
imperial, Especially would Mr.. Cam
IRON be disposed to recommend that
you refrain from travelling alone.
Why? Cannibals.
Not that many visitors 10 Australia
are tempted to penetrate the center OF
he country. Everybody ia It's a
vast uneXplored region, a desert. But
sometimes a man goes out prospect
ing and Is never heard OF again. and
then down to civilization come tales
II how the zones OF what had appar-
entity been a white man had been
found bleaching about the remains OF
a camp fire. and then bit by bit the
Act comes out that the solitary seek
rr for gold had fallen into the hands
IL some of the first families Of the
country n made a contribution to
the aboriginal table d'hote.
"aoH , w tell aDOuI LILLE Ildt MT
cameron came to New York. lie Is a
xober. practical business man. and he
- In the United States TO see how
milk Is manufactured here. Not the
Alcereous beverage obtained by treat
Uent OF disaphanizomenated aqua GRO
ANA that used to And a ready market
here before some New Workers. had
heard about cows. but powdered milk.
They are going to start q new manu-
featuring industry in Australia and
Mr.. Cameron Is the general manager
OF tho company and he is travelling to
get points.
Our factory is being built al = place
about l25 miles from Melbourne" said
MIR. Cameron, within a radius OF
our miles from ii there are yielded
every morning from 160. 900 TO ITO. 600
pounds of milk. That, OF course. is "a
great cattle country: aud there are a
tot Of butter factories. or course "A
great part OF the milk produced is con
.nIned by the butter factories, in the
spring the supply is such that the
waste cannot be consumed by the
calves and pigs In the neighborhood.
TO which it is fed. We are building a
plant TO cost $4,000, and an English
engineer is installing machinery.
have been visiting factories in Canada
n Syracuse and ! am now going over
10 England TO study the process there.
We shall begin on q small scale, but
we expect the far east to furnish a
great market.
Big holdings OF fnnd in Victoria
are rapidly going out, the big estates
being rapidly divided into smaller
properties and sold Oh. Just a month
before | left an estate Of L., 100 acres
was divided up and sold. and "A great
deal Of 1t realized @400 an acre. This
was not for city lots. mind You. or
orchard land. but FOR what had been
dairy land for some years. A curious
thing about the sale was thar the PEG.
pie who bought were ali residents Of
the districi.
What We call the bush is not 70
Far from Melbourne on one side.' said
Mr.. Cameron In. answer to u question.
In fact. il lies only about thirty miles
10 the west. The aboriginal Inhabitants
are very few now and mos, OF them
are kept in colonies by the govern
ment. corresponding somewhat TO
your indian reservations. In parts Of
western Australia, ! should say near
The center Of the continent. the blacks
are savages, and like their bit OF hu-
man lesh at times. They are not q
lighting lot and | dom believe they
kill and eat II another to any extent,
hut an occasional prOspector gets in
mons them and realizes his mistake
too late.
They are very fond Of Chinese, too.
and II a Celestial gets among them
they ura apt literally 10 devour him.
ThAC~ used to be \ lot nor a Chinese