BRITISH EMIGRATION.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1764, 31 May 1913, Page 6

BRITISH EMIGRATION.

A SERIOUS PROBLEM. WHAT THE MOTHERLAND IS LOSING i London, May 20. In a leading article on emigration, "The Times" says:— "Opinion seems to have undergono a complete change on tho subject of emigration. A few years ago it was generailj regarded us the most desirable thing, but any references to it now aro generally pitched in a lugubrious key. "From an Imperial point of view there is nothing to regret. Tlio Dominions themselves desire it, and the- interests or the Empire demand it. It is true, however, that we are losing a serious proportion of our most promising young material, and a disquieting fact is that this is happening on a progressive scalc during a period /of great prosperity in Great Britain. / . , "The coincidence of the huge, ever-rising tide of emigration with the rising, and unsatisfied demand for competent labour at Home is a fact which. cannot lie regarded without misgiving. There is something wrong with a country where that happens. If it continues emigration will not strengthen the Empire, which cannot fulfil its mission unless it is sound at heart."—Sydney "Sun."

Annoyed by a notice that the local sanitary committee wore going to inspect his cowhouse, a Dorset farmer, spreadlinoleum over the floor of tlio building, displayed henr.thrues in convenient positions/hung tho walls with pictures and a mirror, and installed a harmonium., V hen tho committee arrived he gravely invited ili-in to wipe their feet on tlio doormat before entering.