WOMEN AND EMIGRATION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1434, 8 May 1912, Page 11

WOMEN AND EMIGRATION.

Miss Harriet Neweomb writes from London:—An "at home" of an interesting character was given to the Australian and New Zealand Women Voters' Committee (London) on March 27, by Mrs. Kerniode, of 45 Carlisle Mansions, S.W. The subject for the afternoon was the emigration of women to Australia and !\ew Zealand. Lady Knightlcy, of Fawsiey, opened by an account of the work done by the British Women's Emigration Association, founded 188-1, of which sho is president. The lady representatives of the Victorian, South Australian, and Western Australian Government emigration agencies followed, each describing the arrangements made by her own Slate as regards the selection and protection of the young women, and their reception on arriving at their destination. Great interest was shown in tho lively account given by Miss Cuthbortsou of her mission io Great Britain to secure women factory workers for Victoria, and warm admiration was expressed for the excellent arrangements made by _ the State of South Australia. Tho provision for occupation on board ship during the long weeks of tho voyage, the kindly rcccptiou given on arrival at (lie Government depot at Adelaide, a true home for tho young women, and the careful system of supervision during tho first year of residence in the new land, give tlie system pursued in South Australia a position of pre-eminence not only among the other States of the Commonweaith, but throughout the world. Accounts were read concerning the Slates which do not yet employ women as superintendents of emigration. It is io grettod that the premier State South Wales is one of these. New South Wales does not yet even possess a Government hostel for immigrants, though there is a project for building one. Viscountess Gormanston was in tho chair.