IMPERIAL MIGRATION.
OVERSEA SETTLEMENT VOTE
DISCUSSION IN HOUSE OP COMMONS. (By Cable— Fress Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association,) (Rceived November 4th, 9.10 p.m.) LONDON, November 3. The Hon. Gideon Murray (co-Union-ist, Glasgow), in the rfouse of Commons, complained that the supplementary estimate of £330,000" for oversea settlement would only enable 15,000 emigrants to be shipped, though 60,000 ex-service men were waiting for passages. Lieut.-Colonel John Ward (Labour, Stoke-on-Trent) urged the need for a more ambitious scheme in consultation with organised Labour of Britain and the Dominions. ' Sir Newton Moore (co-Unionist, Islington) thought the amount was miserably poor. The Under-Secretary for the Colonies, in replying, said that 25,000 emigrants had been already settled in Canada, 20,000 in Australia, 10,000 in New Zealand, and 5000 in South Africa. He deprecated the association of emigration with unemployment in Britain, for which it could never be a remedy. Labour was already represented on the Overseas Settlement Committee, and further representation would be available if it were wanted. The Government expected to propose a much larger voto when it had time to consider the decisions of the Imperial Conference.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17295, 5 November 1921, Page 9
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