THE EMIGRATION QUESTION.
Although it is not from the ranks of British unemployed that the most desirable colonial immigrations have yet been derive I, it would be comparatively easy for the British authorities, if sympathetic, to select material which would be eagerly sought after by every British community, and would contribute immensely and with great personal advantage to the effective settlement of our "empty space**" and to the strengthening of the Empire. Mr Traverner, the Victorian AgentGeneral, in claiming that the British grant for the assistance of the unemployed would be better utilised in assisting emigration, expressed a general truth. If, as Mr Traverner claims, and as all loyal colonists will agree, the colonies are an integral i 8 i I part of of the Empire, and not an accidental part of it, then it must be admitted that a true Imperial policy involves the systematic and intelligent settlement of the surplus population of the United Kingdom upon the surplus land* and surplus opportunities of the oversea dominions.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3000, 24 September 1908, Page 4
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168THE EMIGRATION QUESTION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3000, 24 September 1908, Page 4
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