DRIFT TO CITIES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2428, 13 May 1922, Page 2

DRIFT TO CITIES.

Referring to the drift to the cities tha t is- taking plaee-in-the Dominion, . the Prime Minister in his speeeh at Feilding on Wednesday afternoon remarked that it was unfortunate in a country like'the Dominion that the great majority of the population lived in the cities, towns and smaller centres. It was difficult to avoid. Possessing all the apparent pleasures and amenities of city life, the , young people of to-day did not want to settle down to what appeared to them to ho the drudgery of the country life. . Education and science were splendid, but the country could not do without industry. A ehange was coming and it was for the whole of the people and the Government to , v make things more attractive in the rural districts. Mr Massey went on to.« enlarge on the ■ opportunities ahead of the man who was prepared to locate on Crown land in its native ( state, and in, this connection emphasised that- this form of settlement should be made more attractive the provision of better roads —roads capable if necessary of carrying L motor traffic.