Rise of Australia

Chapter 111 Food and Relief (please subscribe!)

At present, the political party with the most voice in New Zealand is actually the Coalition Party.

First of all, most members of the Coalition Party are ex-soldiers and retired officials from New Zealand, and there are even some current officials.

Although most of them are officials with very small positions, they do have a higher voice than the New Zealand Labor Party, which is composed of the vast majority of workers.

Secondly, both New Zealanders and Australians are new nationalities that are a mixture of most British immigrants and a small number of European immigrants. Although they have different national names because of the different areas they live in, they can actually be counted as one. people.

Many New Zealanders are envious of the speed of development of the Australians today, and they also envy the Australian monarch Arthur.

This is why they support the Coalition Party, once New Zealand joins Australia, as it did decades ago, and continues to be a part of Australia, they can enjoy the same speed of development brought by having a good monarch as Australians.

For this reason, the Coalition Party even applied to the British Empire to incorporate Australia shortly after the establishment of the Principality of Australia, but was rejected by the then British government.

This also caused the Coalition Party to lose some popularity, and even some New Zealanders were disappointed with the plan to unite Australia.

But after Arthur became the governor of New Zealand, the voice of United Australia became louder and louder. The Coalition Party took advantage of the situation and regained more voice than the New Zealand Labor Party.

Looking at the information on the New Zealand colony, Arthur thought about it.

From the present point of view, there is great hope for Australia to merge with New Zealand, and it may even turn New Zealand into a region of Australia and achieve a complete merger.

But there is a problem, Arthur can't directly encourage the New Zealanders, New Zealand's problems have to be solved by the New Zealanders themselves.

When it is inconvenient for Australian forces to participate directly, the Coalition Party seems to be a very good force. It is not only a political party with the right to speak in New Zealand, but also a force that is inclined to unite Australia.

Thinking of this, Arthur decided to find a time to meet with the leader of the Coalition Party, and use the Coalition Party to encourage New Zealanders in disguise.

On April 1902, 4, after more than ten days of investigation and statistics, the Royal Relief Committee finally determined the first round of relief plan in New Zealand.

Compared with Australia's relief plan, New Zealand's relief plan is more like a combination of the first and second rounds of Australia's relief plan.

The Royal Relief Committee will provide a five-pound subsidy to all families with an annual income of less than thirty pounds throughout New Zealand and provide them with new job opportunities.

So where do job opportunities come from?In addition to the jobs required by various factories, constructions, and facilities in New Zealand, Arthur also provided these New Zealanders with a new option, which is to go to Australia for work.

Whether Australia is close or far from New Zealand, it is only a little over two days and a three-day voyage.

For people who cannot find work in New Zealand, going to Australia for work is also a good option.

Just getting the colonial government to agree to this policy took Arthur a lot of thought.

However, the effect was very good. Under the pressure of Governor Arthur and the threats of the guards, the colonial government still agreed to the proposal.

Arthur did not do this without intention. Letting some New Zealanders go to work in Australia can also strengthen the connection between New Zealand and Australia.

These New Zealanders who go to work in Australia can also tell their family members and relatives in New Zealand about their experience in Australia during their holidays every year, so that more people yearn for Australia.

Subtly, do you still have to worry about New Zealanders not agreeing to merge with Australia?
For those who go to work in Australia, if New Zealand and Australia can be merged into a unified country, their work will be smoother.

Under the long-term development, New Zealand joining Australia will be a happy thing for these people.

New Zealanders are not very receptive to working in Australia, which is, after all, leaving home for another country.

Moreover, the per capita income in Australia is not high. Although the income of most jobs has exceeded the per capita income, it is only about [-] or [-] pounds, which is similar to the income of some jobs in New Zealand.

But their funding for the Relief Commission relief is still welcome.In just three days, in Wellington alone, thousands of low-income New Zealanders received assistance from the Royal Relief Commission.

Expanding the scope to the whole of New Zealand, more than 8000 people have received assistance, and the number is still growing wildly.

As the saying goes, cannibals have soft mouths and short hands.After these New Zealanders received assistance from the Royal Relief Committee, they welcomed Arthur and the members of the committee even more, and even began to spread the story of Australia spontaneously.

This was something Arthur hadn't thought of.Under the spontaneous publicity of these New Zealanders who have received relief, more and more New Zealanders have a favorable impression of Australia, and the support of the Coalition Party is also getting higher and higher.

Many New Zealanders have even begun to discuss the possibility of Arthur becoming their monarch, which is enough to show that Arthur's popularity in New Zealand is already very high.

That being the case, Arthur didn't mind working harder.

Under Arthur's instruction, the Royal Relief Committee's relief plan added another item, which was to donate food to low-income people.

Because there is still five pounds of funds in the donation, there is not much food as a gift, only a large bag of flour and five catties of mutton.

Because New Zealand's livestock industry is also very developed, it is still very easy to buy enough relief food.

Especially beef and mutton, meat prices in New Zealand are very cheap, especially under large quantities of purchases.

Therefore, the newly added rescue plan does not actually cost too much money. On the original basis, it only costs less than one pound per person.

But it did end up in New Zealanders' good graces again.

A relief package that sends money, food, and jobs is something these New Zealanders have never encountered before.

As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.Even though the New Zealand colonial government has made great efforts for New Zealand's economic recovery, in the face of Arthur's relief plan of sending money, food and jobs, New Zealanders instantly felt that their government and officials were not good.

　The third update, please support!Let's annex New Zealand entirely.After consulting a lot of information, I found that this is something that can be done.New Zealand and Australia have the same roots, and the two countries have a high degree of recognition. In addition, New Zealand is not independent, so it can still be operated.

　　
　
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