The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-22

that social life and conditions in Aus.
tralia are probably the most demo-
cratic, freest and least conventional
in the world. 1t is a land where the
aim of all the thinking people is to
give all the people equal opportunities
to rise in life, and they are getting
them"
Farmers Are Wanted.
What New South Wales needs
most at the present time are expert
enced irrigation farmers" Mr. Hunter
said eve also require woman SER
wants. We are not confronted with the
Oriental problem, as our regulations
exclude Chinese and Japanese. We
want more people to go on our lands
and work our undeveloped resources.
Land will be available on simple and
easy terms and a comfortable living
awaits the Industrious and competent
man. America must people Australia,
as she is many thousand miles nearer
to us than is any European country.
We have a warm regard for the Amer
leans and We want them to make Aus
tralia a second America industrially."
Excursion From Vancouver.
Mr.. Hunter met the trustees of the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce at the
invitation of President Conan and r.
J. Maclean, secretary of the organiza-
ton, and outlined tentative program
for the excursion to Australia the lat.
ter part of 1912. Afterward this pro-
visional itinerary was prepared by
Mesrs. Hunter and Maclean:
Leave Vancouver, B. c., on the Ca.
madam Australian line for Sydney via
Honolulu, Fiji and Auckland, Sydney
to Queensland, inspect that state, then
traverse New South Wales and Vic
toria; by rail to Adelaide and back to
Melbourne, thence across to Launces-
ton (Tasmania) and Hobart, taking
steamer at latter point for New Zea-
land, touring South Island and visiting
Welland, joining steamer for home at
Auckland in North Island. Twenty
eight days will be spent in Australia.
Mr. Maclean now is making prelimi-
nary arrangements for the excursion,
to participate in which the Chamber
of Commerce will invite the national
government and the governors of every
state and territory in the Union and
commercial organizations in the prin-
cipal cities of the United States to APP
point delegates. The party will be
limited to 100. The purpose of the
excursion are as follows
object Of the Excursion.
To strengthen the bond of friend
ship and good will between the people
of the United States and Australia
and New Zealand; to study the mu-
nicipal governments of the cities and
the trade and commerce of the coun-
tries visited; and to extend a cordial
invitation to the governments of New
South Wales, Victoria, South Australia,
Queensland, Western Australia and
New Zealand, and the chambers of
commerce of Australia and New Zea-
land to send representatives to study
the progress of the United States, to
the end that Australasia and the
United States may be brought into
closer commercial relation.
1--WE believe this will be one of the
most important excursions of its kind
yet attempted by any commercial or
ganization in the United States" said
Mr.. Maclean, "and we have every rea-
son to think that it will be attended
by representative business men from
all over the country We also have
been assured that our invitations to be
government of Australia will be ac-
cepted and that We shall have the
pleasure of entertaining a large party
in return"
Mr. Hunter, who was accompanied
by Victor NJ Smith, auditor of the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce, on
the tour from Honolulu to the main.
land and through the state of Wash,
ington, left Spokane for New York
June 6, going by way of Chicago
where he will meet Arthur Hooker
, executive secretary, and other promi
, nent officials of the National Irriga
, ton Congress, which win have III
: nineteenth annual sessions in tina
city, December . to 9. He will trave
direct from Chicago to New York, sal
= ing thence to Liverpool.