A FAULTY MEMORY

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 61, 14 March 1927, Page 8

A FAULTY MEMORY

If thcKev. I. B. Dalby cannot remember this uiimo of a lad whom ho kept for a week, what elso lias ho forgotten? Wo do, not hold that -our migration system is perfect. There arc weaknesses in the selection and settlement arrangements. But thoso weaknesses can be discovered and corrected only by the co-operation of the people who observe them. Mr. Dalby slated that the lad ho befriended was sent out as an experienced milker, though he did not know one end of a cow from the other. Who vouched for his experience? The Government is entitled to know this. Also, according to Mr. Dalby, the lad 1 was harshly treated and almost starved. Surely the facts should be made known, if only to assure tli.it tin; farmer concerned has no lads cornmi/ed to his care in the future. Of course, a Methodist minister is not a migration inspector, and he cannot be compelled to support his assertions with proofs, but when he chooses to tell part of tho story ho is under a moral obligation to tell all. If he does not, he hinders rather than helps tho improvement of tho migration, plan. Tin excuse that he cannot remember tho lad's name is surely a strange one. What reliance for facts can bo placed upon a mem.ory so faulty?