BOY IMMIGRATION

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 86, 6 January 1926, Page 4

BOY IMMIGRATION

SALVATION ARMY ACTIVE

ENGLISH OFFICER ON TOUR Br TEt.EGiiArit—srnciAi' Correspondent Auckland. January 5. Commissioner D. C. Lamb, international social secretary and director for immigration for the Salvation Army, London, arrived by tlic Niagara this afternoon on his third visit to New Zealand The commissioner, who is accompanied by Airs. Lamb (both of whom have been Salvation Army officers for over 40 vears), is making the present visit in the hope of stimulating interest in the immigration problem and of ascertaining the absorbing power of the Dominion. For 22 years he lias been attached to the immigration department at London, and during that period has transferred 160,000 men, women, and children to the overseas dominions from the Old Country. "The whole crux of the immigration problem,” said Commissioner Lamb, "is the absorbing power of the Dommions overseas. I am here to see if I cannot find some wav to stimulate' the movement, and I "will also visit Australia, South Africa, and Rhodesia. The commissioner added that the department was paying special attention to young fellows from .16 to 18 years of age, and after selection the boys m the majority of cases were being given three months’ instruction in the elementary phases of farm work. Airs. Lamb, who will accompany her husband through the Dominion, was one of the first women justices of the peace appointed in England, following the passing of the Act in 1920. Bv the time he has completed the itinerary that lias been arranged for him, Commissioner Lamb will have an excellent idea of the various institutions that arc conducted bv the Salvation Armv and of the needs of the Dominion, in the matter of the kind of immigration in which the Salvation Army specialises, namely, likely lads suitable for undergoing training. While in Wellington Commissioner Lamb will interview the Prime Minister and heads of Government Departments. By the end of the month he will be back in Auckland to meet the members of the Chamber of Commerce and other public bodies.