MOTHERLAND AND DOMINIONS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17707, 8 March 1923, Page 7

MOTHERLAND AND DOMINIONS.

POLICY OF THE FUTURE. "MEN, MONEY, AND MARKETS." (BY CABLE—PSESS ASSOCIATION —COnrBIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND- N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, Mar;_-h U. Mr L. C- At. ft. Amery, First Lord of the Admiralty, presiding at Mr E. A. Belcher's lecture on the Dominions' representation at the Empire Inhibition, said that what tlio Dominions required most were men. money, and markets. They could get the best people in the world from Great Britain, including women and children. Great Britain lent the cheapest money in the world, and provided the best markets. These three combined would be the greatest factors in the future development of the Dominions. Their collective effect would elevate the Dominions to an important national status. Great Britain's clearest line of policy was Imperial preference in its broadest and most comprehensive sense. Sir E. Lucas (Agent-General for South Australia), supporting the vote of thanks, said Mr Amery was the first Imperial statesman to realise that migration meant, not emigration, but a readjustment of the Empire's populations.

Mr A. H. Ashbolt (Agent-General for Tasmania), predicted that Mr Amery's Empire Settlement Act, also the work of the Oversea Settlement Committee, would become historical. Mr Belcher dealt seriatim with the Dominions. He described each eulogistically. He emphasised New Zealand's scenery, and dairying, and meat industries. Illustrating New Zealand's reputation for meat, he stated that immensely more Canterbury lamb was sold in England than ever came' from New Zealand. He described Australia's irrigation schemes as among -e greatest in the world.

THE PREFERENCE QUESTION.

LONDON, March 6. It is stated on reliable authority that Mr Bonar Law does not regard tli© election pledges referring to noninterference with the tariff as precluding the Government from materially increasing preference to the Domjnionß, even to the extent of completely removing duties where preference now exists. LAST YEAR'S MIGRATION. LONDON, March 6. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr H. Page Croft (Conservative, Bournemouth), Sir William JoynsonHicks said that migrants from Britain during 1922 were as follows:

To Australia ... 37,773 To New Zealand ... 11,651 To South Africa -... 8,396 To Canada ... 42,606