SCARCITY Of LABOUR.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 58

SCARCITY Of LABOUR.

IMMIGRATION POLICY SUGGESTED. (Fiou Ou» Own Cobbespokdiht.) - _" AUCBXAND, January 22. Reviewing the question of the ecarcity of labour in the Dominion and the' Hon. I J. A:- Millar's references to, the ' problem, ! thp Herald editorially remarks: "The" truth I is that the great distance which separates New Zealand! and the -Mbther^Country; and . consequentially the higfefjateis.<sK«wceA r for.r^ the passage,', must. alv^tT^'.oflßß^m senouw^obstacle to -the would-be .firoiKrtait,''' who- is. ■ thus led r ifprifee3^ nearerrfiel^^siehi-catt v . . ,be reached"l>y ojuickerjand efie2.pftr;ymetiic«ir— .. It seem* unlikely,- therefore; ih»tr ««' ehalt^ - ey.er get any. large' addition of .populatioa - "by^ relying solely -on "present' 'metKodo. The alternative scheme is to- adopt a -prudent' immigration ' policy. The great need o£ New "Zealand is copulation. . It» industrie* are being hampered by the scarcity of labour," andite lands are lying idle for wanfi of settlers. All Jold,-"we are only a pepole of less than' a million, and there is ampl^ .room r in the Dominion. for ;3o;inillipn6,: -Kb' one to ace and indisorfw .ininate'-immiKratioh"' ~that^ inight.;eaeily -^beY -" ', come' aLseriouaev.!! '; -buta.' polioy^thai- wouTd ' ensure; a -steady and > continuous ' supply of " the" most- desirable classes could- not fail to prove of immeneeTadvantage.. to 'the. whole of the -oouritry." -' ' ~ ' i*" - - '•?'-, - -

.j^Mrs^RpberVM'Dougall, jun M postmistress at -Card-rona,-.has- been-iappointed^a^ person, to take statutory: .declarations. ' This -wilt prove a great boon to'the residents of Ca.r> ,drona,. J and save many a .long and weary; journey tpreither^ Pembroke or Arrowtown, dimply, itt xaanyt'oases, j«st to sign 4 dooue mfiut before srfhS,