IMMIGRATION PRICRITIES
WELLINGTON, Oet. 31. The Minister of Immigration (Mr. AfcLagan), answering questions in the House of Representatives today ahoui. iinniigrant priorities, said single mei.vho rvere being brought to Xew Zea !and would assist in supplying buildint; raaterials, sueh as timber and ceraent. Asked whethei' New Zealand would uring orphaned children to the Doinin . :on, the Minister said the Governmen; ' had the matter in miiid, aud would du what was possible. The difficulty was the limited shipping available, and it children were brought, they musr, under present conditions, displac-' .idult workers who . were urgently vequired. Mr. T. H. Webl) (Rodney) and Mr S. XV. Smith (Hobson) expressed alarm it the increasing urban drift evideni '.n New Zealand and urged tho Gover'nent not to foster uneeonomic second iry industries, which would inerely aggravate what was already a majo'r trohlem. The vote was passed, and the Hous^ was discussing the Mining Estimate: when the luncheon adjournment was taken at 1 p.m.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 November 1947, Page 4
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