NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 428, 9 August 1928, Page 9

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

BOY MIGRANTS SCARCE (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (United Service) Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Wednesday. Notwithstanding screenings of cinema films and lectures, says the Juvenile Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Labour, the response from suitable boys to the Empire settlement scheme has been very small. It has been almost a complete failure in London, where boys show a rooted objection to leaving home. The same experience was encountered in South Wales, where unemployment among Juveniles is most acute. Neither the boys there, nor their parents, are in favour of emigration. In Glasgow, the position is much the same. Generally speaking, the main obstacles to juvenile migration are parental objection, the town boys’ distaste for a country life, and their distrust of a strange environment. WORKERS FOR CANADA 8,000 MEN APPLY British Official Wireless. Rccd. 9.15 a.m. RUGBY, Wednesday. It is estimated that 8,000 men ap-yesterda-y at the labour exchanges. J'hich have been specially opened for the purpose, for work at harvesting °^f£ at *° ns * n Canada, in connection the Government’s scheme. Under ttiis 10.000 men are to receive assistance in proceeding to Canada to gather ® xce Ptionally heavy crops. The men are given the option of reUrnmg to England for the winter, but t is anticipated that the majority of tnem will settle in Canada.