EMIGRATION TO THE COLONIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 292, 4 May 1911, Page 5

EMIGRATION TO THE COLONIES

BRITISH GOVERNMENT ASKS A LEAD. BRITAIN'S LOST OPPORTUNITIES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, May 2. In the House of Lords, the Duke oi Marlborough called attention to a resolution of the 1907 Imperial Conference in favor of encouraging emigration to colonies rather than to foreign countries. He advocated child emigration on a comprehensive scale. Poor law anil reformatory children would, be said, be welcomed in the dominions.

Lord Lucas, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, replied that this was not the Government's policy now. Had the dominions requested emigration to be subsidised and organised by the State, or if the dominions at the conference made suggestions for the increase of emigration, the Government would do everything to meet their wishes. Lord Selborne said his colonial experience had greatly impressed him with the lost opportunities of the Imperial Government respecting the organisation of emigration. Though it was useless to dump townsmen on the land there were many who had not been residents in the country in Britain because the rewards were insufficient, but who. tempted by the greater rewards in the dominions, were likely to prove excellent settlers.