GRANT SUSPENDED
AUSTRALIA DISCOURAGES MIGRATION i NOT QUESTION FOR STATES Reed. 9.5 a.m. RUGBY, Thursday. In the House of Commons Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, Under-Secretary for the Dominions, said a telegram had been received from the Prime Minister of Australia. Mr. J. H. Scullin, stating that it had been decided to suspend for the present the grant toward assisted passages to the Commonwealth. No communication on the subject had been received from any of the State Governments in Australia, but, Mr. Ponsonby said, under the arrangements in force the grant for assisted passages was a matter for the Commonwealth, and not for the State Governments. He was satisfied that all parts of the British Empire were sympathetic to migration from Britain, but the respective Governments must necessarily reserve the right to control the movements of assisted migrants in accordance with their local economic conditions. The question of the suitability of the various parts of the Empire for emigration from Britain depended upon many factors. These could not be discussed within the limits of answers J to Parliamentary questions.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 821, 15 November 1929, Page 9
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177GRANT SUSPENDED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 821, 15 November 1929, Page 9
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