MIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26800, 4 August 1952, Page 6

MIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND

3000 BRITONS READY TO COME

MR H. L. ROCKETT RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS

(New Zealand Press Association)

AUCKLAND. August 3. Three thousand British emigrants were waiting to come to New Zealand, but it might be six to nine months before they could be transported from Britain, said Mr H. L. Bockett, Director of Labour and Employment, when he arrived in Auckland by British Commonwealth Pacific airliner to-night. Mr Bockett led the New Zealand delegation at the International Labour Organisation’s conference in Geneva last month. He spent a week in Holland and some time in England. Discussing migration to New Zealand, he said the waiting list of Britons had grown during the preparation of the Captain Hobson, and Captain Cook as immigrant ships. The type of British immigrant offering was very good. During his week’s stay in Holland. Mr Bockett found that New Zealand was regarded as the No. 1 country to which to migrate. The immigration scheme was working smoothly there. Ministers of Labour from 15 countries were at the 1.L.0. conference, said Mr Bockett. Altogether, 650 delegates and advisers were present. Mr C. P. Smith, the Registrar of Industrial Unions, returned with Mr Bockett. Mr Smith said he would soon take up the appointment of district superintendent of the Department of Labour and Employment in Auckland.