IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ZEALAND

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25305, 3 October 1947, Page 7

IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ZEALAND

MANY SENDING BIG SUMS OF MONEY (Special Correspondent N.Z.PA.) (Rec. 9 p.m.) LONDON, October 2. A large number of British people going to New ’ Zealand continue to transfer considerable sums of money with which to establish themselves in the Dominion. One family recently transferred £90,000. and there are many more who have taken more than £lO,OOO. Most of these sums—at least 70 per cent, of the total—will be used to establish businesses or to buy farms and similar property. The remaining sums have been transferred by British residents who wish to spend their retirement in New Zealand. An increasing number of people who have been unable to secure steamer passages are using the air route to New Zealand by way of the United States. The cost is about double that of a first-class steamer berth.

The recent criticism of conditions and treatment in New Zealand by the Rev. Richard Clough is not supported in any way by letters received in London from many hundreds of British emigrants who have recently gone to the Dominion. Both New Zealand House and the banks which are handling business for emigrants have received many hundreds of letters thanking them for the arrangements made and expressing pleasure at their reception. Difficulties are not overlooked, but are accepted cheerfully. DISTRIBUTING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES MR STRACHEY PROMISES IMPROVEMENT _ LONDON, October 1. The Minister of Food (Mr John Strachey) told the Labour women’s conference at Southpdrt to-day that the Ministries of Food and Agriculture would establish a joint organisation to improve the distribution of fruit and vegetables and get them to the public at cheaper prices. The organisation would provide market space for producers and would organise transport