IMMIGRATION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2182, 22 June 1914, Page 4

IMMIGRATION

UNIVERSITY DEBATING SOCIETY. The third debato of the Victoria Uni- . vorsity College Debating Society th is cession was Held before a large aut'.iencc._ in tlie Social Tlall 011 Saturday evening. The motion before the meeting, moved by Messrs, 11. A* Cunningham wed 0. F Atmore, was: "That ■tlie- Now Zealand Govenitneni should vifioiroosly _ euibark iipon iin .exlensu'o b.vstcin of .immigration." Mr. G. G. G, W.ateon. M.A , J.,t,seconded by Miss iS . M. North, opposed. It was contmled hv tho f supporters of the mf fcion t hat o large influx of it .desirable) class of immigrant was essont:W to tlie futurs development oi' -this Hi minion, tn comparison whli ottier I'laintries. New Zealand was carrying ten small a population, and our very 1 wrr-leiKU demanded that .snore people should ha nltrwtal to ihrsn shores. The j oppowrs a greed that New Zealandj ftttcdiid a. ris-oiMbio UKk.'ease, io its I |tojjnl»vio.it Ijy the imnite'ratipn ■«{ ihonti | |::rp!o who wo.:il:i confer acknowledged, j iioitrfts npon ibis country. However, an extensive pnilcy dirC'cied liy the Governr.iCi!'- wmil'l i'i«a be die inoaiiS of obtaining that strong aii.l virile, fcbftt brainy and brawny class 'which was essentia'. Furt.lier, ft siid?ie:i ■iiifex weiil:) have the immediate effcct et creating a glut npon the labour rearIce). Whioh wotvld certainly react dotrimcntal.lv 110011 the pro.siierity of New Zealand a,s a whole. The jiwige. M'f.'P. frevu .es|ire?scd. himself fts. well nleased wjt'i't .a lively debate, and placed the i'irsr five ■•p.>riker,s .in the followm order Miss F,. i'i. Nertli, McSsts. Mess, CaMung■lsam, WatfiUi, and J3yrnn.