SETTLERS FOR GREATER BRITAIN.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12442, 3 March 1906, Page 8

SETTLERS FOR GREATER BRITAIN.

The action, of Canada in deciding to tako 10,000 square feet of space in tho International: Exhibitioiii to-be heid here this year is another proof of the Dominion's enterprising po_©- of advertising her resources. The object, of course, is to a/tbract immigrants to the boundless plains tha*, ia spite of all the settlement that has been going on. for thcf past few yeara, still seem capable of absorbing the surplus population of other countries for many yeans to oome. The energy with which. Canada has pursued the task of securing population has been the subject, of so much comment that little remains to be said. It may be pointed out, however, that the suooess which has attended her efforts has compelled other parts of the Empire to follow her example. Several Australian States are now engaged in attempting to overtake their arreans of advertisement. New South Wales has taken a leaf out of Canada's book and is displaying a travelling, exhibit of tho State's products in the market towns of the Old Country. The officer in charge of the oxhibt, we are told, engages a stall on market day, and an this he makes a display of the typical products of the State, at the same time distributing pamphlets descriptive of the country and answering enquiries made 'by tho farmers visiting the markets. This idea of "bringing Australia to the British agriculturist's door" has created a good deal of interest, which » no* fcssemod by tho obvious competition between New South Wales and Canada. The latter has a huge motor oar, fitted up with Canadian products, which, is.covering the same ground as the Australian

exhibit, sometimes behind it and sßaljfl|| times in front. Queensland, W_ss§|| Aqstray*, to a lesser degree and New Zealand, are all doing attract settlers than they have dW many years, though mi a lew scale than Canada, or even than South Wales. Between them aD,-U»f§f most stay-at-home British farmer -&fl| farm labourer, faced by tempting of«j|'"# of free land and cheap land, by of the products of the fertile acres Vv* Canada and Australia, and by the »;# duoement of low fares, must feel teinptffl ed to tiy his fortune beyond the sas«,Mi The -revival of ixmnigiatian is, indeed one of the most remarkable incideßta oifji" the recent history of Greater Britain. -M i ————————_■_, , ~