A STRANGE STATEMENT.
The statement at/tributed 1o the Hag3i 'Oomlma'&sioiner, to the effect I that iihe cities, town's and rural daßtriicts of tihiisi Dominion are in need of a maMion or two of imimigrants, . : &a®' been ' repudiated by the Prime r Mfiniister. M* the statement has been : made, it has been, waltihouit authority. , And yet the High Oomimiissioner, if , 'he said such a thing, was probably j speaking the truth. New Zealand is large enough and resourceful enougli ! to accommodate at least-five millions : of people. It would be suioidial, how- : ever, to encourage ftmimigration be- ! fore we lave homes to offer the peo- ; pie already watiin our shores. A bold • scheme-of land settlement is what is | wanted. But it is> a sohemie we oan- ; not hope to get so long as the pres- ; ent Government holds the reikis of 1 office. I ■ '■ .- , .........
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10413, 6 September 1911, Page 4
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142A STRANGE STATEMENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10413, 6 September 1911, Page 4
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