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Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 27, 17 September 1920, Page 3

Tlie immigration of ex-Imperial soldiers to the Dominion "was discussed on Saturday at the meeting of the Dominion exeeutive of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association. A sub-committee, consisting of Messrs C. W. Batten, D. S. Smith, and W. E. Leadley, was set up to go into the question of fonnulating a scheme for the settlement of ex-Imperial soldiers in the Dominion, and the following motion was carried : ' 'That from evidence before this exeeutive of the N.Z. R.S. A. the nominated system of immigration is working satisfactorily, but the overseas settlement scheme^ breaks down through lack of care at the Commissioner's office."