EMIGRANTS IN DISTRESS.
■-,■■-. ..■ ■ .—s__. —_•■ ■ ■ / INCREASED PASSAGE RATES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, January 21. In the House of Commons, Sir Clement Kinloch-Cookc, Unionist member for. Dcvonport, ■ questioned Mr. Lewis Harcourt, the Secretary of State for the • Colonies, regarding the distress alleged to have been experienced by ./the wives and families of many emigrants to Australia" owing to the increased passage rates-.for nominated emigrants. . ' Mr.- Harcourt replied that some of the States had increased the aid to emigrants in consequence of the ■: higher shipping rates. He denied that the Emigration Office was not up to date. ■,■'.,;•'. : '' ■' "■ ' '
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 23 January 1913, Page 5
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94EMIGRANTS IN DISTRESS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 23 January 1913, Page 5
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