The Daily News. SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1914. ADVANTAGES OF NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 38, 4 July 1914, Page 4

The Daily News. SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1914. ADVANTAGES OF NEW ZEALAND.

Our High Commissioner continues his good work of bringing under the notice ■■( the people of England the resources and advantages of New Zealand. Ho lias set out to interest and attract the right class of people—agriculturalists, men of small means, and domestic servants. Mr M'Kenzie has a keen appreciation of the value of publicity in effecting his purpose, and he misses no opportunity of utilising the columns of the British press to let the public know .' all about New Zealand as a field for immigration. We have before us a copy of "The Financier," to which the High Commissioner contributes an interesting article descriptive of New Zealand, discussing in detail its agricultural and pastoral resources, and paying special attention to the frozen meat and dairying industries. He also deals with the attractions of the Dominion from a scenic and sportsman's point of view. The High Commissioner does not think the term "The Working Man's Pandise" is the best designation that can be given New Zealand, though he asserts that for people with an income of under £SOO per year, better comforts can be obtained than in many places. Dealing with the question of immigration, he says:—"New Zealand certainly possesses an immensity of opportunities and possibilities for immigrants of the right sort from this country. There has been a steady increase in the flow of goodtype, desirable people during recent years. Reliability of climate—onß of the chief attractions of the Domniion—with no excess of heat or cold, together with the fertility of the soil, its natural advantages, an abundance of running waters and a copious rainfall, render the country eminently suitable for settlement. The community justly claims the lowest death rate in the world. The wages paid throughout New Zealand are on a fair scale, and employment is probably more certain than in any other country. It is pre-eminently a land adapted for settlement by men with small means, where every endeavour is made to enable them to select land and become producers under advantageous circumstances. There are a number of openings for agriculturists and domestic servants, cooks, and cook generals, especially in great demand. Experiment was recently made by sending out 100 boys, all of whom had a certain amount of farming experience at home. Probably the efforts of those countries desiring immigrants will be largely exercised in future in this direction. I am of opinion that youths more readily adapt themselves than adults to the conditions ruling in a new country, and have little or nothing to unlearn as regards farming methods here. But healthy, trained, or partly trained, boys are welcomed in New Zealand, and it seems to that if more, youths of this type were sent to the colonies, where they are well eared for by those appointed to receive them, the pauper and unemployment problem here would, in a measure, be solved. Large estates are being gradually acquired and sub-divided in the Dominion, and people settled on the land."