BRITISH MIGRATION

Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1932, Page 5

BRITISH MIGRATION

- ——— —... .. UNWELCOME IN DOMINIONS. CO A 1 WENT IN ENGLISH PRESS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, April 2,5. The “Morning Post’” in a special article on the development of Imperial estates, emphasises the neglected opportunities through not utilising the unexploited capital and man power of Britain, and states: It is true that the Dominions no longer welcome haphazard migration, so if migration is to he resumed on tiie pre-war, or even greater scale, it must he according to an organised plan, having regard to the ultimate disposal of Dominion products a-s well n,s the careful selection, training and establishment of new settlers. The most effective method is by imperial chartered companies, operating in partnership on an unprecedented scale.

The Oversep.s Settlement Committee is in the position of a contractor who has no ground on which to erect a house, therefore cannot direct and control the expenditure, but chartered companies would acquire land In various parts: of the Empire, and would train and establish settlers, direct production along the mc.st scientific lines and the use of credits arising from the disposal of the primary products to the best advantage of British exporters.