QUESTION OF MIGRATION

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 427, 7 May 1937, Page 5

QUESTION OF MIGRATION

PEOPLING NEW ZEALAND "FIRST DUTY TO OWN PEOPLE” Mr Savage States Position In London Interview Press Association —Copyright Received May 7, 11.5 a.m. London, May 6. Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, the New Zealand Prime Minister, in an interview with the Australian Associated Press concerning the cabled report that New Zealand organisations were appealing for the resumption of migration, said that the question was one of the most important for discussion at the Imperial Conference. The Government was as interested as any organisation in an organised policy of migration, hut the first duty was to the working man of New Zealand.. It was necesary to lay the foundation before encouraging others to go out to the Dominion. “Nobody can accuse us of sleeping on our job,” added Mr Savage. “There is unemployment in New Zealand at present. We want new settlers who will not have to fight to get work. It is generally found that when conditions in any country are attractive the problem of migration will solve itself.”

CABLE TO MR SAVAGE Large Scale Plan Urged Press Assoeia'ion —Copyright Wellington, May G. The following cablegram, signed by 21 associations representative of the Dominion and of Wellington, has been sent to the Prime Minister, Hon. M. J. Savags, at London: “The under•igned, representing over 100,000 members, are convinced that migration is a most urgent and vital need. We respectfully urge you during your J present visit to negotiat e with the ißritislj. Government making possible j large scale planned and financed mu [ gration at an early date. We are | willing to extend every assistance and co-operation in Dominion settlement.”