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) LL! No 'get rich quick' Down Under, mate Get rich quick in Australia? Fat chance Even though you might have read of jobs, jobs, jobs Down Under, there are no more jobs there than there are here in Canada. Just ask North Americans'. to work in Australia are being duped out of money by U.S. con- men -- including some who don't even know Prince Albert resi- dent Pam Beadle, who found out, | quite unexpected- |= ly, how poor the [& Australian econo- || my really is. Pam, you see, has a pen pal in Victoria, Australia and the two friends correspond regu- larly. Among other things, Diana Crumpler would write to Pam telling her about the Aussie econo- my. In Victoria, the unemployment ustralia. "The would- be antipodeans are shelling out $220 each in response 10 news- paper advertise- ments dangling such carrots as high wages, lie or no income ax and foe buf, Austra immi- fon officials ¢ fuming. The Australian High Commission in Ottawa has rate is 25 per CNL pag Boadie of Prince Albert "6cCived an aver Fa sheep for 25 cents gcam that tal a head. Times are down-on-their-luck tough, Americans wanting employ- Canadians after worse, even, than ment Down Under. really here in Canada Which is why a local classified newspaper ad caught Pam's atten- tion. The 'help wanted' ad promised jobs in Australia good jobs in vocations like con struction, mining, engineering, tourism and sales. Interested per- sons were asked 10 write 10 a box number for more information Knowing what she did about the Australian economy, the ad "struck me funny," Pam said "Here's this ad, and meanwhile, I'm getting all these stories of how bad it is." So, Pam wrote 10 her Diana and wld her about the ad. To Pam's surprise, Diana included a news. paper clipping from the Bendigo Advertiser (an Australian newspa- per), dated Oct. 4, 1991, with the headline: 'Conmen dupe hopeful are selling ants people to know about a 28¢ of 25 calls a s money from day from disap Northp o inted the last spate of ads appeared in the capital area, which has a popu- lation of just more than one mil- lon "Though the ads look like an easy entry to Australia, respon- dents are merely sent a booklet listing North American companies which have affiliates Down Under. One such booklet included a map of the country which proud- ly labelled Queensland as WA and vice-versa, said High Commission first secretary Leon Pearce ""The books are just absurd - how they think a state called Western Australia would be on the cast coast of the country is beyond us," Pearce said. "We don't like the scam for two reasons. A: because they're cruel 10 péople and we don't like our name being used with something that's fraudu- Have you had enough of Unjustified Taxes! Now is the time 10 think of your future. Be leery of the big spenders. It could be your tax dollars, after November 12th they would be spending. Think Now or you may pay later. Scrutinize all candidates, then cast your vote for ANDY ANDREWS Councillor - Ward One Autor by Po CFO br Atly Andes lent. And B: because they rein- force this image of Australia as a frontier country and so technolog- ically unsophisticated that we need to import workers." The scam had apparently been traced to southern American states, but because the perpetrators are careful to stay within the law, no one has been On op | of the clipping, Diana had written, "Thought you might get a giggle out of this one." Pam said, "It was a giggle, but ANDERSON'S TEAAINATL And it. wasn't, if you know what I mean." She called the Citizen 10 wam staff to keep an eye out for such ads, and to let people know Australia is not the promised land when it comes (0 jobs. CLIP'n SAVE SPEC BE aa CLEAN-UP $42.95 Most Passenger TUNE-UP {3 CYL. .. $36.95. {4 CYL. .. $46.95. 16 CYL. .. $59.95. +8 CYL. ... $69.95. ' + pens exis PST4 GST § WOR Fata ore : on addBonal $12.96 labour Charge wi . oy nd refileg BE | Ta Xm LOF TIRE ROTATION BRAKE & EXHAUST INSPECTION Pree bn To Town $19.95*; Service os 47. FF all PARTS Pessassnsncssndencannannannnnn + 50 POINT WINTER CHECK Si ------ ET LL plus PST and GST * PARTS EXTRA bs PARTS [=] SERVICE The expert choice. VDER GM Optikleen WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID Free with either service special! I d FREE One 4 Litre Jug of a Direct Parts Line CREE OS At MONDAY STON Prices until November 31, 1991. "Doss not apply with any other discounts.