SUPPORT URGED

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 32, 6 August 1936, Page 6

SUPPORT URGED

<■ MIGRATION QUESTION

Support f 'lor the 'migration movement was Virged by Mr. A. Leigh Hunt' in an address at the thirteenth annual meeting ot the English-speaking Union lagt night. -Mr. Hunt presided in the absence of the president, the Hon. W. Perry. '>-,'•

In a world so full of overcrowded1 countries, _ we,, . hope to TTave empty" spaces for ever, I said Mr./ Hunt.-,, Countries like' New Zealand- and - Australia were crying 'out for more •* population. New Zealand could make a definite contribution towards relieving' the con.- j gestion in;; England. Although little had been ,said on the subject by the I Prime Minister, what he had said had | been all to?,the good. 'Mr. Savage had said: I regard population-as the first line of defence. I, think the only right to hold territory is 'to utilise it." Mrs., de. Castro, the founder-of the English-speaking Union in New Zealand, was^preseht. 'She'said' she regarded the English-speaking Union as the hope of the world. In her opinion the great English-spealcing countriesEngland - and America—had it in their power to protect world peace The annual,report stated, that the membership' stood at 401, as compared with 255 the, previous year. An unprecedented'event took place during the year when his Majesty the King accepted patronage of the union. It was perhaps, the first time" that a King of England had ever been patron of an international organisation, and this fact was a very strong indication that the English-speaking peoples were recognised as one family. The past year had been 'most successful, and 'there had been,a" large increase fry the number of gatherings and attendances A great deal of. the succesV achieved was due to the efforts of the ladies' social committee. The formation of circles for plays, badminton, and travel discussions had been particularly success-

The election of officers, resulted as follows:—Patron, his Excellency, the .Governor-General, Lord Galway vicepatrons, the Rt. Hon. G.W. Forbes, the Rt. Hon. J.G. Cdates; president, Hon. W Perry; vice-presidents, Mr. Justice Johnstdn, Sir Charles and Lady Stat- */?•??' ™r" :C? D' MorP?'th, Dr. Platts Mills, Mrs. J. K. Preston, Mrs. J. Bennie, Mr. A. Leigh Hunt, Mr. H. L Cummings, Mrs. Knox Gilmer;'executive committee, Miss E. M. Black Mrs A Burnard, Mrs. D. V. Claridge,' Mrs! W. Duncan, Mrs. S. Eaton, Mrs E D Good, Mrs Hay-Mackenzie, Mrs J X Preston, Mrs M. G. Phelan, Mrs. A J Rule, Messrs. E. Anscombe, J w' m ?;• X- Cummings- S. Duncan, r! G. C. Ffitch, E. D. Good, A. Leigh Hunt, H. G. Miller, W. Wie W Mason. i