EMPIRE MIGRATION.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 219, 13 September 1923, Page 10

EMPIRE MIGRATION.

THE OVERSEAS DELEGATES. EECEPTON AT WELLINGTON. (r»y Telegraph—Press Association.) W KLLTXI ;TON. Wednesday. A civil- reecption was aeeorded to-day to the Jlritif.li Overseas Settlement, delegation, the members being welcomed by the Mayor, and ihe lion. Ijt. 1"'. Bollard on behall' of the Government. Sir William Windhani. in reply. mainly traversed ground already covered at Auckland. Later, the delegation attended the monthly luncheon of the Chamber <•( Commerce, at which Sir William Windhani. discussing immigration methods, said thai the nomination scheme was probably the best possible scheme for dealing villi the question. The old policy oi allowing people to conic out when ilie\ were ignorant of the conditions which they would have tn meet was a very bad one. What they wauled to ensure was that everybody who crime out would have best'suit I'd tn them. Proper channels of an opportunity to develop along lines informal ion should he opened up, and establishment of I hose channels was one of the main objects of the mission. They wanted to sec and learn what was'.Neu- Zealand's point of view, and to represent those views truly and faithfully to the people at Home. The question of preparation was all-impor-tant, and should be complete before any attempt was made to bring people to'the nonunion. If they could remove past causes of niislits in the dominions they would go a long way towards remedying the faults of the old migration policies. Subsequently the delegation and Mr. 11. 1). Thomson (Cnder-Seeretary for the Immigration IH-partineiitl met the Welfare League executive. Mr. C. 1 , . Skerrctt, K.l'., being in the chair, when the whole matter of overseas immigration was discussed. Special stress was laid on the necessity for providing some machinery in the direction of social and community work, so that an immigrant on arrival might feel he was being welcomed to our country. It was pointed out that the (loveniinent Department could not go beyond establishing the newcomer in his occupation. His admission into our social lite was rather the duty of citizens in their private cauueity. The Welfare League believed it could assist in this direction, through its members, and stated its willingness to do so. Mr. Thomson emphasised the importance of this work, and suggested that any organisations or social committees formed for the purpose should keep in touch with the Department, so that be could direct those who arrived to the proper quarter. Hoarseness, sore throar, sneezing, running at the nose and eyes indicate germ infection. Immediately these symptoms appear an atmosphere of Xazol should be created by the free inhalation of Nazol.— (Ad.;