NEW ZEALAND’S NEED
MUCH GREATER POPULATION. BRITISH VISITOR'S VIEW. j (By Telegraph—Press Association.) GISBORNE, May 25. Having taken the opportunity during his tour of the Dominion to make a superficial investigation of the economic life and industries of the country, Mr W. Holmes, the British trade union delegate who is on a mission to New Zealand, expressed the opinion on Saturday that the great need confronting the country was an increase in population. He thought that the Dominion should be able to carry probably four times the present number of inhabitants. If that were done there would be greater security in defence and a reduction in the cost of maintaining the various amenities, such as highways, which were of a standard sufficient for a much larger population. To attain the desired end, New Zealand might have to depend upon natural increase since post-war Britain might require all her available manpower. Speaking of agriculture in Now Zealand. Mr Holmes remarked that the cattle he had seen equalled anything in England. He had been much impressed with the growing and treatment of linen flax and the growing of various seeds for export.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1941, Page 7
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190NEW ZEALAND’S NEED Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1941, Page 7
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