LORD NORTHCOTE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9371, 13 February 1909, Page 5

LORD NORTHCOTE.

ON IMMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph, Copyright. Received February 13, 8.0 a.m. ** London, February 12. As an acknowledgment of bis services Empire, an address Was presented to Lord Northcote at the Guildhall.- At a luncheon subsequently in response to the toast of his health , Lord Northcote said that he hoped and believed the authorities in Australia would do their utmost to make the land readily aocessiblegto British emigration. To have energy and go was of primary importance, and the spliting up and cultivating of lands was the first step in the developmnet of other industries. There was no demand in Australia for clerks and no large demand for people to establish shops. One reason he desired emigrants to proceed to the [colonies instead of to Americajwas that if Australia had the few millions who had gone to America—and she could carry them and double without any difficulty—the Australian voice would be all the more powerful in the nation’s councils. Another reason was that if Australia, Canada, South Africa and other possessions were strong enough to undertake their own defence the burden on the British taxpayer would diminish. Finally he favoured such emigration because tbejjvoice and influence of AngloSaxons stood for peaceful conquests in commerce and the supremacy of honesty in" life and the business world.