REPATRIATION.
. AUSTRALIAN PROPOSALS. -s (By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright. MELBOURNE, January 23. At a conference between Commonwealth and State Ministers, the Hon. E. D. Millen, Minister of Repatriation, stated that up to date 70,000 men had returned from the front. Of these seven per cent, had expressed a desire to settle on the land. There were still 197,000 abroad, the great bulk of whom would return within the next twelve months. He expressed the opinion that Australia was ripe for new rural industries. The Government was prepared to guarantee soldier settlers in such industries a minimum price for their produce, and to provide the work necessary to handle the products.
Mr Watt, Acting-Prime Minister, announced that the Government would provide the States "with the money necessarv for repatriation purposes at the ruling rate of interest. The Com-mon-wealth proposed to use every means to stimulate new industries, and to encourage the introduction _ of capital from abroad for developing rural or secondary industries.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16429, 24 January 1919, Page 7
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160REPATRIATION. Press, Volume LV, Issue 16429, 24 January 1919, Page 7
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