ORPHANS FOR N.Z.

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1944, Page 4

ORPHANS FOR N.Z.

IMMIGRATION PROPOSALS The possibility of obtaining a substantial number of United Kirygdom and European orphans for inymigration to New Zealand is being investigated in Britain, according ta advice received from the Prime Minister Mr Eraser, by the president o£ the' Doninion Settlement Association Mr A Leigh Hunt, Wellington. .Following statements cm. immigration recently made by Uz. Fraser in Britain, Mr. Hunt sent ]i? m a cablegram on; behalf of th(2 association-— 'As apparently British adult immi-a-ants are not available, the associa;ion earnestly ur^es ,yc#a while in Engand to lay the foundation of a post,var plan to obtein •* substantial num-. jer of United Kingdom and European >rphans. Hundrr>d s O f thousands can )e placed here f pv adoption or reared n Fan-bridge F/arm Schools. Unless STew Zealand J/ioves quickly a highly /aluable_ and nnique source of youth:ul immigrant will be lost." Mr. Fraser.. lias now replied stating hat inquires are being made about he possibly of action being taken uong the lines suggested. In Pre interviews in Britain, Mr. jraser h,fl«j several times referred to imnigrati'Wi. He has stated that New recognises the importance of laving a larger population, not only or x tit* development of its natural reiourpf jS> upon which its high standard if lyv ing depends, but also for security ■e?/sons. He has added, however, that b.e Government is emphatic that its '.tot duly is housing and the rehabilitation of servicemen. The association, said Mr. Hunt yesterday, fully realised the importance of housing and rehabilitation, but it would be ironical to proceed with them without, at the same time, doing anything to check the present population tendency which could have only one result—poverty, depression, and despair for everyone, the breakdown of social security, pensions, and superannuation schemes, and probably in the end inundation of the country by peoples of mixed nationalities, speaking different tongues and arriving in many cases penniless. It was for that reason that the association had urged the immediate appointment of a Royal Commission to plan now, on an orderly basis, the immigration that would have to come. FACTORY EXPLOSION Rec. 10.30 a.m. LONDON, May 31. An explosion at a Royal ordnance factory in the west of England killed two persons and injured 31. The explosion rocked buildings in a nearby town and smashed windows over a wide area.

Churches again, seemed to be the principal targets : of enemy aircraft during recent raids on London. Here is a well-known.church ablaze during one of'these raids.