ARE IMMIGRANTS MISLED?
COMPLAINT AGAINST ADVERTISE- ,; MENTS. ' " Suggestions that immigrants are being misled by advertisements appearing in ■British papers were mad© by Mr. D. G. Sullivan (Avon) in the House of Representatives yesterday. "In view of the considerable amount of unemployment in the Dominion at the present time," he asked, "will the Minister of Immigration communicate with the High Commissioner's Office, instructing it to stop the publication of the misleading advertiseinents<appearing in the Glasgow Weekly;' Herald and other British papers, stating that there is ample work for artisans in the cities and towns of New Zealand at good wages?" ' The Minister: " I did not gather from the member's question whether lie --wished.
to indicate thai it is the High Commiasigner who ia advertising?" Mr. Sullivan: "Yes. Issued from the High Oommisjioner's Office in London." The Minister: "Thank you. I will have inquiries made and ask the High Commissioner to furnish me with a statement of what is being done." The Government, he added, was at present confining itself to the nomination system, and had no intention of stopping that. It waa quite aware, however, that it would not be wise to press the immigration policy as it had been doing before the slump." '
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 152, 30 June 1922, Page 8
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203ARE IMMIGRANTS MISLED? Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 152, 30 June 1922, Page 8
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