Rise of Australia

Chapter 172 When the Assistance Is in Progress

The typhoon finally made landfall in New Zealand.

When the residents of the small town of Opnaki saw a huge wave more than five meters high, everyone's hearts fell to the bottom, and despair began to spread among the crowd.

However, the typhoon did not give people time to communicate and cry. In just a moment, huge waves passed through the entire town of Opnaki and swept towards the fleeing crowd outside the town.

Huge waves are not the most hopeless. The broken trees, houses and pieces of fishing boats wrapped in the huge waves can not only show the power of typhoons and huge waves, but also cause great damage to the crowd. Make up the knife again after the wave.

The typhoon, which had already begun to slaughter, did not know the crimes it had committed. After destroying Opnaki, a small fisherman's town on New Zealand's North Island, it headed northward toward the North Taranaki Gulf.

On the road of the typhoon, it happened to be a protruding corner of the North Island of New Zealand, which not only contained more than a dozen fisherman's towns, but also the second largest city in the North Island of New Zealand, Auckland.

On the afternoon of November 1903, 11, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.

Except for Arthur, all the important officials in New Zealand were basically present, sitting around the conference room of the colonial government, frowning.

Under the premise that Arthur was not present, the person currently presiding over the meeting and with the highest status is naturally the New Zealand Garrison Commander Piers Anthony.

The typhoon that landed on the west coast of the North Island has reached Wellington, which is why all important New Zealand officials, including the commander of the garrison, General Pierce, are sitting around the room.

"Everyone, the top priority now is to immediately send a large number of aid, soldiers, and even civilians to the line from Auckland to Opnaki on the west coast for rescue. If our rescue is one minute late, hundreds of New Zealand civilians may die tragically in the Under this disaster." General Pierce said solemnly.

Now that it's an emergency in New Zealand, General Pierce can't care about anything beyond his authority. The most important thing at the moment is to rescue all the New Zealand civilians affected by the disaster. Other things seem vulnerable in the face of the disaster.

"I think General Pierce is right. At present, the most important task of the New Zealand government is to rescue those civilians, even at all costs." Joshua Bullock agreed.

Joshua Bullock is the head of Arthur's Royal Rescue Committee in New Zealand, and is also the middleman between New Zealand forces and Arthur.

To a certain extent, Joshua also represents Arthur's opinion, so he is also one of the giants in New Zealand's political situation.

"With Joshua's approval, General Pierce's dignified expression is obviously relaxed." No matter what the situation is, General Pierce is unwilling to offend Arthur. Joshua, who can represent Arthur's opinion, agrees with his point of view, which is very important for him. General Pierce is the happiest thing.

"But General Pierce, the government doesn't have much money for disaster relief. Last time, after His Royal Highness issued a large number of repair and construction tasks, he has spent most of the funds that the Australian royal family assisted us. In addition, during this period of time For government consumption, our current available funds are even less than [-] pounds. This fund even has to take into account government maintenance and military expenditures, which is not enough for disaster relief." The colonial official said a little helplessly.

Although the relationship between the colonial officials and the garrison commander General Pierce is not very good, the colonial officials can still stand with General Pierce on this important matter that concerns the hearts of the New Zealand people.

But the current situation in New Zealand is indeed like this. Not long after it got out of the previous economic downturn, and most of the funds aided by Arthur have been used in construction, the remaining funds can be used under the maintenance of the New Zealand government and the army. The funds for disaster relief are very small, and for this catastrophe, it is just a drop in the bucket.

"I will find a way to contribute, everyone. Your Highness has also informed me that the Australian government and the royal family can provide New Zealand with free assistance of 15 and 30 pounds respectively. This fund will come soon. I believe it can Temporarily support the rescue work." Joshua said directly.

After confirming that the typhoon had left Australia, Arthur had someone notify Joshua, the New Zealand head of the Royal Relief Committee in New Zealand, and at the same time asked Joshua to convey Australia's assistance.

After hearing what Joshua said, everyone was obviously relieved.Funding is a serious problem for New Zealand at present. Even if it is for private loans, it is impossible to meet the needs of this disaster relief.

Australia's ability to provide 45 pounds of assistance has greatly exceeded the expectations of all New Zealand officials. This fund can at least meet the early and mid-term deployment of the rescue, and the New Zealand government can barely handle the aftermath and compensation issues on its own.

"Accompanied by the arrival of funds, there is also a batch of food and clothing. But Australia's aid alone is not enough. I suggest that your government immediately request humanitarian assistance from the British Empire and European countries, so that the beautiful country of New Zealand can be restored as soon as possible. Go back to before the disaster." Joshua suggested.

The British Empire is currently busy with the naval arms competition with the German Empire, coupled with the chaotic situation in Europe and the current conflict in the Far East, there are not many resources that can be allocated to New Zealand.

In addition, since Arthur became the governor of New Zealand, the British Empire has less preference for New Zealand's resources, and it is still decreasing year by year.

After all, Queen Victoria's will almost turned New Zealand into Arthur's private territory. As long as it doesn't appear, New Zealand is almost the fat of Arthur's mouth.

Under such circumstances, the British aristocrats will naturally not waste domestic resources to develop New Zealand, which is destined to become someone else's territory.

What's more, the appointment of the Governor of New Zealand is the will of Queen Victoria, and even Edward VII has no right to change it.

Any attempt to intervene in New Zealand, in the eyes of the people of the British Empire, is a betrayal of Queen Victoria's will and a betrayal of the British Empire.

Under such circumstances, which official would propose to intervene in New Zealand?
It can be expected that even if the British Empire agrees to provide assistance to New Zealand, it is probably only perfunctory assistance.

As the saying goes, there is no harm if there is no comparison. Under the premise of Australia's 45 pounds and a large amount of food and clothing aid, the British aid seems so insignificant.

New Zealand officials were not aware of Arthur's plot, only that it was Joshua's heartfelt proposal.

It just so happens that New Zealand is indeed short of all kinds of assistance including funds. Therefore, after everyone voted, they quickly agreed to Joshua's proposal, asking for assistance from European countries, especially the British Empire, to help New Zealand who is in disaster .

1903 11 Month 10 Day.

After two days of raging, the typhoon finally passed through Auckland, the second largest city in New Zealand, which connects New Zealand's North Island and the Auckland Peninsula, crossed the Hauraki Gulf, entered the Pacific Ocean from Port Fitzroy on Great Barrier Island, and gradually disappeared from New Zealanders' sight.

Fortunately for the New Zealanders, the typhoon that wrecked New Zealand for two days has finally left New Zealand completely, and the disaster in New Zealand has initially come to an end.

But the bad news is that the area ravaged by the typhoon is from the southwest of New Zealand's North Island, Opnaki all the way north to Auckland. This is the most elite west coast area of ​​New Zealand's North Island. There are four cities including Auckland and more than ten small town with a total population of over 30.

No one knows how much damage this typhoon has brought to this area. All officials of the New Zealand colonial government have made preparations for Auckland to be broken.

Around noon, the 45 pounds promised by Australia and a batch of food and clothing aid had arrived at the port of Wellington.

In order to deliver the supplies safely, the transport fleet even detoured from the southern part of the Tasman Sea, passing through Stewart Island in the South Island of New Zealand, and made a detour around the entire South Island before delivering the supplies safely.

At the same time, the response from Europe has also come.Although most European countries have nothing to do with New Zealand, out of humanitarian spirit, the big powers have provided assistance to New Zealand, even if the assistance is very little.

Among them, the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire provided the most assistance.The aid of the German Empire was 100 million marks and dozens of tons of grain, while the Austro-Hungarian Empire received financial assistance of 50 kroner.

The aid of the remaining great powers is basically the same, all of which are worth about [-] to [-] pounds, and France is no exception.

The British Empire, which was placed high hopes by the New Zealand colonial government, provided only [-] pounds in aid funds, which was far below the aid of the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

There are various aids from European countries, and they add up to almost 15 pounds.

Among them, the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire contributed [-] pounds and [-] pounds respectively, and they were the two countries with the most assistance this time.

Although officials of the New Zealand colonial government were very disappointed with the British Empire's share of aid, the most important thing at the moment was to carry out emergency rescue work on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island, and the New Zealand government could not take care of other things for the time being.

But that doesn't mean others don't have the same time.

As the current leader of the Coalition Party and the head of the Senate Political Group, Grant is currently in high spirits.

Growing from a small mayor to the leader of the largest political party in New Zealand, and also the head of one of the most important administrative agencies, Grant clearly knew who gave him this power, and he knew that the person who granted him could easily take it back these powers.

In fact, Grant has never forgotten his mission. After Arthur left, he has been vigorously promoting the support of New Zealanders for the Coalition Party.

At present, the Coalition Party has grown into a veritable first party in New Zealand, with more than 2 New Zealanders supporting the Coalition Party, and hundreds of officials who have joined the Coalition Party, including mayors of some large and small cities and officials of the colonial government. core officials.

Grant was keenly aware of the difference between the British Empire and Australia's aid to New Zealand this time, and soon planned to make the difference between the two known to more New Zealanders.

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