EMIGRATION TO DOMINION

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21991, 15 January 1937, Page 10

EMIGRATION TO DOMINION

—— ]m Desirability Urged'.jk Professor Toqker - PAPER READ TO SCIENq CONGRESS (PRESS ASSOCUTIOH TZLBGKIX.) t AUCKLAND, January 14, ■ "There is a real need in this jv. minion for a more scientific. jm practical approach to the problem of immigration and lation," said Professor A. H. Tocfej of Canterbury University Cofles in a paper on New Zealand's immi. gration absorptive capacity, whjj he read to to-day's session of tfe congress of the Australian and Ke» Zealand Association for the "A& vancement of Science. congress devoted its time to joins discussions on migration and as! difficulties. It was undoubtedly true that Ne? Zealand could support many most people, and it was probably tr» too, that she could support many more without any reduction, »aej even with an increase, in the aver.' age standard of life in the-com. munity, for so far there had beat' no evidence that increases in pom.' lation had led to overcrowding or {j declining standards of life. On the other hand, there was some-evidence that where the increase in popnla. tion had been greatest, the increase in the amenities of living had been most marked. From several poinfi of view it appeared that a greafe population was desirable. "There is no doubt that the worH in general, and the British Empire in particular, might be better; hanpier, and more stable and mijij yield a larger and fuller life for all if migration were permitted to lelieve some of the existing diffe. ences in population density betweat different areas," said Profesa Tocker. " ' '!There is little doubt that Kesr Zealand's interna] economy ' wjfa be so organised as to pertain t!g country to absorb many imm/graaj for many years and achieve arista standard of general welfare ia the process, but her power to and consequently her capacity to absorb immigrants, is limited by the present conditions both at horns and abroad," he added. ■ ,