IMMIGRATION.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 February 1920, Page 2

IMMIGRATION.

MINERS COMING TO DOMINION. (Press Correspondent). / WELLINGTON, Feb. 20. Immigrants are beginning to arrive here, and among them are some who wish to settle on the land. To-day I

met an Englishman who, with Jiis two sons, who were officers in the army, is on the look-out for land. M iners are also beginning to come from botli Australia and tlie United, Kingdom, the latter attracted by the good wages given here. Other miners are likely to follow in their wake. Miners who come to New Zealand from I Great Britain nip eligible for assistance, I under the scheme announced recently J

by the Dominion Government. They I I may receive a grant of £l3 per head for I I themselves and their wives towards I I their passage money. If they are dis-l charged soldiers they are eligible for I free passages under the British Govern-1 ment’s scheme, but the emigration of I miners is not- likely to be encouraged by I the British authorities at present. The I Government some time ago announced I in Australia that miners were required I in New Zealand, and could earn good I wages. The Miners’ Federation took j• steps to make this-invitation ineffee- I

tive. Any miners who may come to New Zealand from Australia do .so at their own expense. The Alines Department is able tq offer employment to many additional men at the State mines, so there need he no trouble about finding [ employment. ,The need for, additional miners in the State mines, and also the private mines lias no connexion with the coal dispute and the “go-slow” policy, because there is an actual shortage of labour, even if all the men at present employed were working in a normal fashion.