ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 66, 17 March 1916, Page 2

ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS.

NO MAIES DURDTG WAX. , HTNIPTER EXFLAIS'S POSITTOX. i • i As Minster in charge of Immigration, j i Sir Francis Eeil *as intcnriewed this i morning by' a representative of this i pa.per. He said thai since war broke out: ; the Government had, in fairness to the! Motherland, completely stopped tine* ; immigration of men who were of military j age. Further, they would not allow; , people in Xew Zealand t<? nominal* ieg n | : of military ar>e for assisted' ! i This meant that male immigration had I stopped absolutely. j j The Minister added that they ■werel i prepared to take as many women aa\~ i they could, get from England, but there | I -were difficulties in the -way of selection [ ;• owing to the increased demand which | ;■ had leen made since the war on the! ■ services of women in the Old Country, i : The immigration of iboys had also! ; stopped, because those who ■were eligible. * under this heading were just approach- ] 1 ing military age. They still allowed j 1 •people in New Zealand to nominate | 1 women and separated relatives to come < •to- this- Dominion. ■. - 1 ''It is pleasing' to 6tate," remarked the 1 Minister, "that out of 102 boys who .4 arrived under our auspices some two.« years ago, no fewer than 34 have gone |' to thefiring line." .Sir Francis added that] 8 the boys "who were brought out fromjl country districts in England had been, i a decided success in New Zealand, and i had given no trouble iwliaterver. He' ] . hoped, therefore, that on the conclusion i i I 1 of the war the Government would be. i able to resume the important work of j j bringing out boys who were suitable I for rural occupations. 1