MIGRATION

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 86, 12 April 1927, Page 10

MIGRATION

AUSTRALIAN SCHEMES

QUESTIONS I2ST COMMONS

(Received 12th April, 2 p.m.)

LONDON, 11th April. In the House of Commons, replying to a crop of questions on migration matters, Mr. L. C. M. Amery, Dominions Secretary, announced that as the outcome to the 1925 agreement the schemes launched by Australia were ten in Western Australia for water supply, railways and farming; three in Victoria for land settlement, and two in South Australia. These cost £3,000,----000. Ho understood that the work "had already been begun. For the "past three months thore had been 800 requisitions for farm -workers in Australia; also per month 115 boys and 270 domestics; Ho understood that tiie Australian Governments contemplated tho extension of group settlement. Sir Newton Moore: "Must not the numbers bo small seeing that it costs S2OOO to settle each group settler, many ol! -whom cannot afford such a sum?"

Mr. Amery: "No doubt group sottlcment is expensive, but tho provisions of the 1922 agreement aro more generous than the original West Australian scheme. 'Therefore, we hope that West Australia will be enabled to resume group settlement under a- new basis." (Hear, hear.)

Mr. Amery told Sir F. Nelson that 1844 selected settlers migrated to Australia during the last quarter. The result of Canada's experience in bringing Homo parties of migrants to lecture to their countrymen on their experiences was not thought sufficiently effectivo to justify bringing parties from Australia in face of administrative, difficulties and the cost.