MR. AMERY’S TOUR

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 15, 12 October 1927, Page 11

MR. AMERY’S TOUR

ARRIVAL AT ALBANY , ! OBJECTS OF MISSION QUESTIONS OF MARKETING AND MIGRATION, Mr. Amery, who has arrived at Albany, expressed the hope of seeing for himself the conditions of land settlement, as he was anxious to make a real success of the movement, and to get a continuous and steady flow of settlers, which he considered would be most beneficial for Australia and Great Britain. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Copyright. Perth, October 11. The Dominions Secretary, Mr. Leo-' pold Amery, has reached Albany in the steamer Ulysses. He was welcomed by Sir Neville Howse on behalf : of the Commonwealth Government, 1 members of the State Government, and. , prominent citizens. Air. Amery, in an interview, said that the object of his tour of < the Dominions was to learn what he could about their conditions, and, still more important, to get to know their people. He con- ' sidered it clearly desirable that, every Minister of the Imperial Government should make an effort to inform himself on the affairs and problems of all parts of the Empire. This particularly applied to a Minister who was specifically charged with the responsibilities of keeping various aspects of Imperial co-operation before his colleagues. ; “Only thus can we co-operate most ef- ■ fectively for our mutual benefit,” said Mr. Amery. “I have realised that a few weeks’ touring and keeping open our own eyes is likely to prove worth ; years of reading books or dispatches or even conversing in London with visitors from the Dominions.” This realisation had prompted his tour. He did not think it right to ex- ' pect that all the effort and sacrifice of long journeys should be made by Dominion Ministers. It seemed well where possible that British Ministers should reciprocate by taking every opportunity of visiting the Dominions. DISCUSSION OF CURRENT PROBLEMS. Mr. Amery enlarged upon the importance of being able to discuss directly with the various Governments, current questions and thereby . straighten them out more quickly. In this connection he referred particularly to questions of marketing and migration. He was anxious to learn where the Imperial Government could cooperate with the Dominion Governments in stimulating that scientific research which was vital to production nowadays. He hoped to have some talks with settlers so as to learn exactly what their difficulties were, and in this way to make a real success of the immigration movement and get that continuous steady flow, of migrants which was best for the Dominions and for Britain.