DOMINIONS' COMMISSION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 167, 14 January 1914, Page 5

DOMINIONS' COMMISSION

REPORT PUBLISHED. IM PORTAXT NUGfiESTIOXS. Times-Sydney Sun Special Cable-f. deceived lli, 8.15 p.m. London, January 12. The Dominions' Commission's New Zealand evidence has been published. The witnesses examined unaniinouly emphasised the necessity for better organisation in England, complaining that -New Zealand was less known than any other country. It is> suggested that steamer tickets should be sold to agriculturalists on time-payment at half-a-crown weekly. Bitter complaints are made hv .the Hotel Workers' Cnion as to wealthy people engaging domestics bv wireless before the. arrival of the vessels, the Shortage of domestics •seriously all'ecting the, health and well-being of Xew Zealand mothers. Air. Tregear, ex-Secretarv to the Labor Department, deprecated the invpression that Xew Zealand was merely agricultural. lie declared that the Dominion will become the greatest •manufacturing country of the. Pacific. Witnesses urged that England should support Australia and Xew Zealand in their demand for a State-owned cable -across tho Atlantic. i The Commissioners were greatly impressed by tho evidence of Mr. Beaaichamj), chairman of the Hank of New Zealand, suggesting the adoption of an Empire Development Board for controlling schemes imperially valuable, the dominions and tho Mother Country jointly guaranteeing louns for approved purposes. EFFECT OF EMIGRATION} DRAINING COUNTRY DISTRICTS. Received 13, 10.30 p.m. London, January 12. The Dominion's Commission heard evidence as to the drain caused by emigration in the English country districts. Evidence was tendered by sonic members of tho Board of Agriculture ■ that correspondents complained of the ' activity of emigratiMi agents, and that there were no agricultural workers to spare, for emigration, and that it was not to the interest of tho Mother Country to be stripped of workers for the benefit of the colonies, also that unless free la ml and State facilities were offered', England would be at a disadvantage its compared with the colonies.