“SEND EMIGRANTS, NOT LORD LOVAT”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 262, 26 January 1928, Page 15

“SEND EMIGRANTS, NOT LORD LOVAT”

PROPOSED TRIP CRITICISED By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Wed. The “Daily Express” in an editorial disagrees with the idea that the proposed tour of the Dominions of the chairman of the Overseas Settlement Committee, Lord Lovat, would result in either national or Imperial advantage, especially in view of the fact that Mr. L. S. Amery is just completing his tour. “The suggestion that Lord Lovat should go gallivanting to the Dominions for months at the public expense strains the requirements of his office too much,” continues the article. “The Dominions know their business if Lord Lovat does not. He can easily and inexpensively ascertain in London from the Dominions all he wants to know. “Let us get on with the actual job instead of running expensive trips and talking about it. In other words, let us send ou6» emigrants, not Lord Lovat.”—A. and N.Z.

OBJECTS OF TOUR MIGRATION AND FORESTRY DOMINIONS OFFICE EXPLAINS Reed. 1.45 p.m. LONDON, Wed. Referring to the criticism of Lord Lovat, the Dominions Office explains that the tour is not duplicating that of Mr. Amery, but would be complementary. The principal purposes relate to migration and forestry. The first arises out of Lord Lovat’s chairmanship of the Overseas Settlement Committee, whereby he is responsible for the expenditure of £3,000,000 annually, necessitating the closest cooperation with the Dominions and an intimate knowledge of their conditions and requirements which Mr. Amery has studied on firoad lines. Lord Lovat proposes giving attention to the details of committees. Experience has demonstrated that this is not obtainable second-hand, except unsatisfactorily. Secondly, Lord Lovat is acknowledged as the chief authority on forestry in Great Britain, and he hopes that his tour will enlarge his knowledge of Empire forestry.—A. and N.Z.