AUSTRALIA'S INDEBTEDNESS
■' DISCUSSED IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. Ily Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. July 29, 10.35 p.m.) London, July 29. Colonel Seely, Under-Secretary for tho Colonies, in reply to Mr. \Y. Redmond, Nationalist member for Clare, quoted a special detailed statement wherein Sir (jeorgc Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, showed tho proportion of Australia's debt invested in reproductive works. He added, in reply to a question whether Australia took the lead in this respect, that it was difficult, and possibly invidious,, to compare the debts of the different parts of the Empire from the standpoint of reproductivencss, but that tried by this test, Australia would in any case stand •cry high.
In reply to Sir Kinloch Cooke, Colonel Seely said that the bulk of the three and a quarter millions which Australia expended on immigration was spent in securing immigrants from tho Motherland.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 832, 30 July 1910, Page 5
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141AUSTRALIA'S INDEBTEDNESS Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 832, 30 July 1910, Page 5
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