South African Trade Asks Aid for Immigration

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 137, 26 June 1937, Page 18

South African Trade Asks Aid for Immigration

JOHANNESBUEG. — The South African Government is being urged by the Associated Chambers of Commerce in the Union to encourage immigration from the countries from which South ' Africa's white population maiuly ' originates. This country . it is pointed out, has need of and could support a bigger white population. The employment of Europeans in the gold-mining industry has increased during recent years by more than half, and in other enterprises figures showed that there has been an increase of 87 per cent. Immigration could now be considered on an economic basis, Tathcr than on sectional lines. A European population of 10,000,000 would not be excessive, it is claimed, and anything less than 5,000,000 would be small. At the present rate of increase, however, it is calculated that in 1960 the white population of thc Union will be 3,OOO,O0O and in 50 years still les's than •1,500,000. Half a million inunigrants, it is suggested could be spvead over 50 years at the rate of 10,000 a year, and at the end of that time the population would not be likely to exceed 5,000,000. Immigration on such a scale, it is cstimated, would cost about £500,000 a year, including tho passagc nioney and a guarantce of subsistence. Sho was paying her tirst.visit to a cousiu who lived in the country. Ho inet her at the slation, and ai'ter a drive of about half an hour he told her that they were approaching his far.,., In one of the fields that met the girl's attentive eyo stood a windmill, and gathcred about it were scvcral pigs. "Well, I'm surprised!" she exelaimed. "1 didn't know farmers were so consideratc. " "What do you racau?" asked her eousin. "That ov er yundcr, " replied thc girl. "dust thiuk of having a fan iu thc Jicld to keep those pigs cooL "