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"I have recently had oecasion," said the Minister for Lands (Hon. Mr McLeod), in the course of an address to the Reform League at Wellington, "to expose the malicious statements of those misquoting statistics for their own purposes in relation to the number of men and women who had left the land for cities. The statistics quoted were prepared to show how many males and females were actually engaged for the major portion of their time in one or. other of the phases~of pastoral, dairying, and agricultural work. The periodical census figures published show many thousands of females in rural districts as being employed in domestic duties, and female disappearance from primary occupations does not prove their migration to the cities. Every periodical census enumeration certainly shows au alarming increase in urban population in practically all civilised countries, but this arises from causes other than that put forward by Mr Semple, who, I notice in a public utterance made recently, estimates the migration to the cities from the industries, so far as New Zealand is concerned, at 15,000 in the last five years. Quick dispatch to stubborn colds is certain with t( NAZOL. ' Take a few drops on lump sugar, or inhale. 1 owerful, penetrating, and acts like a charm. 60 doses, Is 6d.

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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19317, 23 May 1928, Page 11

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Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19317, 23 May 1928, Page 11

Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19317, 23 May 1928, Page 11