OVERSEAS LEAGUE

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 120, 16 November 1929, Page 18

OVERSEAS LEAGUE

USEFUL MIGRATION WORK

(From "The Post's" Representative.) LONDON, 20tU September. Publicity is given to' a branch of the Overseas League's work in Fleet Orders this week. Two years ago tho league established a Migration and Overseas Settlement Bureau, the object being to assist men of moderate means, such as ex-officers of the Services, ex-Civil servants, and others, to settle in the Dominions. Anxious to make its contribution toward the building up of a strong United Empire, the league believes that it would be of mutual advantage, both to the Mother Country and to the Dominions, if the class of men referred to can be happily assimilated into the life overseas. The object of the league is to sup plement the work of Governments and migration- societies, confining its ac tivities to the needs of a class oi set. tier who is in danger of being over looked in the field of migration work and to whom the league believes it canbe of service-. _ . The Central Committee of the Migration Bureau at Vernon House, tho headquarters of the league in London, includes prominent business men and representatives of the Navy, Army, Air Force, Eetired Naval Officers' Association, and Oversea Governments. It has the official approval of the Overseas Settlement Committee of the British Government. The bureau works through advisory, committees set up in the overseas "countries. These are composed of men of good repute on whose advice a newcomer can place implicit reliance. It has been strictly laid down that no one with any interest in tho sale of land or the commercial side of the business of immigration is eligible for membership of any such committee. Those desirous of taking advantage of tho Overseas League's scheme are given every possible information, and if so desired, questionnaires from indi-vidual-applicants are sent to the committees overseas. . ■ '■ . On the newcomers' -arrival in the country to which they'elect to go, they are met by a representative of the committee. Suitable accommodation is found for- them; they are shown round the country, given the benefit of expert advice^,passed, on if they so desire to other committees, and everything possible is done to ensure their satisfactory settlement. During the first year of the bureau's activities, 56 men, took advantage of the facilities offered. This year the number will bo considerably larger. Among the countries selected: by the applicants have been Kenya, New Zealand,- British Columbia, and other parts of Canada and Australia.