Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1920. BRITISH IMMIGRANTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2082, 27 January 1920, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1920. BRITISH IMMIGRANTS.

THE unexampled opportunity for Australia and New Zealand' to acquire leas of thousands of immigrants —men and women of (he best type —without any of that great expenditure upon advertising and providing reduced passages, which has been a necessity in previous

immigration .campaigns, was discussed recently in the Bril ish-Au.--Iralasian. The British Government will pay in full life cost of a thirdclass passage, in a six-berthed cab-

in, to any man or woman with war service, whom the authorised represent a! ives of a Dominion Government will certify to be healthy, and qualified by eltaraeler and capaeih, to make a successful settler in the Dominion concerned. Not only will Die head of a family 1 ravel free, but lie can take bis wife and family with him yn the same'terms. Thau these terms nothing could be more liberal. To those who waul something belter than a six-berthed cabin, which would cost, the ordinary immigrant about £4O, and wish to travel in higher chess, the Government grant goes towards reducing the cost of that superior passage. The Briiish-Anslralasian adds that, life shortage of shipping may be a diJlicnlly, but it is not a reason for doing nothing. It urges that the Dominion Governments, by advertisement in the Dress and eir-

eular* lo organisation--* representing discharged soldiers, should let the men know that they are wanted in Australia and Few Zealand, as soon as the ships are available to carry them, and that arrangements

can be made for their reception. •If the Governments fail in this, Australia and New Zealand will lose many of the lies! settlers through their going elsewhere. To fail would be feeble in the extreme, and would show -that all the talk of seeking new blood to help develop our resources and to. strengthen the Empire was incite words signifying nothing.