EMPIRE'S EMPTY SPACES.
THEIR PRESSING NEED. BRITONS FOR BRITISH LANDS. LONDON, October 13. Mr. Bruce Walker, nicknamed "the chief whom nothing will stop," has arrived in London to take up the directorship of Canadian emigration. He has a staff of 500 and proposes to reorganise Canadian migration from the British Isles, not only to persuade the right people to go to Canada, but also to ensure that the flow is steady so that all migrants may be absorbed.
Mr. Walker says Canada does not want craftsmen or tradesmen, but farmers and their families, and labourers who understand the elements of husbandry.
"England trained the finest army in the world out of human material knowing nothing of war," said Mr. Walker. "I suggest that England should train a great army of farmers from her unemployed population. Training centres, which would cost much less than doles for the unemployed, can be set up. It is only necessary to teach the first essentials, such as the handling of horses, milking, harrowing and ploughing. Canada wants 100,000 of such settlers in 1926."
Steamship lines and railways are co-operating in Mr. Walker's migration "push."—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 243, 14 October 1925, Page 7
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