AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.
NEED FOR. IMMIGRANTS. IMPERIAL CO-OPERATION NEC- . ESSARY. United. IRees!,, Association, Copyright . (Rece/ved Septi-18, 10.35 pun.) 7"' , ;.T' ’ ’ ... LON DON, Sept: 18. The Admiralty’s comments on Air, Deakiu’s defence proposals reach Melbourne. ,or • the: 2.lst- mst. . ■ ? Hon, •J. TV. Taverner, the Victorian Agent-General, speaking at Glasgow, Baid, there was little use in talking Imperialism unless the Imperial Government would co-operate in settling, the Homeland’s surplus-population in sparsely-settled oversea dominions. He suggested that the Government’s unemployment grant would, be better utilised, in assisting immigrants than oil..the,present- lines. He advised the 1 Imperial authorities to treat the colonies with more confidence and as an integral part of the Empire, thereby strengthening and consolidating the nation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2300, 19 September 1908, Page 3
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114AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2300, 19 September 1908, Page 3
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