FAMILIES OF FOUR.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 November 1923, Page 4

FAMILIES OF FOUR.

V PI A. I. TO MAINTAIN THE NATION. i.l VEEi’Onb. Sept. I I. The ideal oi ;. family of ! < liildl'en. if Dm Krill-h ra. e I- to be maintained mueli lie— increased— wao. advanced today by Dr A'aiqgliu ii Cornish in addiv---ing the Geography Section oi the Rriljsli Association «Il Die future <l' the Rritish Empire.

T!h‘ cciiHohnc n t«»r lrduret j»oj>u!.uiuii, l;r Juh! irmly, !ml liucriiieal. a-rnt ~w ing to 'hi great want ol employment -ime tin war. It was -aid thC i-laml would ne\ ri' lie able ! o -upp >ri mi proper comfort a |, ipulal 101 lof -1.3.1 ii 10,1 liK l : but the population which a country could slip),art depended Upon the geographeal position, a- well as i!s inierual ie- • aui'i es, and nothing could mb ns ~j Dm advantages of our cent ral p i-ilioii on ihe mil mail ma rilime route-'. AA'iien the world got into its si ride a,gaiu there -liould b-e imjirov'd eondi-

tioie. here, and a- idle population of the | world prew the numb'-r of job- here I wnuh! multiply. I It was said tlie.L the -mail l'aiuilie:-: eomlueeil to a liip'lier standard of civilisation. hut this left out of amount the edueative inlllienie of the children of a family upon one an ,t her. full home train,i: •; was only oluainod it ouch child had a brother and a si-ter, which implied a family of at. least four. Itii th re .(riel ion annul;; the poor tv.c. advocated on the c.romid that, we were 1.-reeilitie; i'rnni inferior steel; amllowerino the national typo. Professional families were too few to maintain the supply of oriental yeniiis, for yeniu-. hail to he replenished from a very larire resevoir cf t he population. -More than any oilier nation the Hriti-h were i Inorkeruer- of the World ■ Hi re-pert el eeuiiotnie, stratepie. and racial roinuiunieatinii.-. The consolidation of Ihe pii- it ion which the I!i■ it i-1 1 nation had won depended on the Ititnre of colonistu ion within the (empire. The policy of white Australia was sir Holy supported l.y Dr Cornish. The decision to erect a harrier ay-aiu.-! eoloured labour in Auslralitt was best for the white ra.ee and the Asiatics, foi history -Towed that the ei'eatest nations were those which provided their own werkiny < his-. It was calculated that L’Od Year-

hence would -ce tin 1 olid of the coloiiisino j it-rioii. Two centuries l'cinnined. 1 " therefore, in which in provide tho ternpenile climate- <u the Hriti-h Kmpire with a -uliiet ney of -tuck to ensure the’ continuance oi' their British character. An increase ot the emipraton of "onion within tho Kmpire would beiielit tile national character. fur at proven: the Donioninn frontiers lacked the due weiplit oi i'ctiiinine illPoienee. whole in (treat Hritaiii many women wove dollied the tali development or their character which -nine natures only attained he wedlock and motherhood. Tn real liritain the total number of families wa> limited l.y the mimher of men, ihe women briny; netirlv C.OOO.dfIO in excess of the men.