LEAVING IN SHOALS
IMMIGRATION BREAKDOWN ALLEGED.
TAKING BACK WOEFUL TALE.
At the New Zealand Fanners' Union Conference in Wellington yesterday, Mr A. Spencer, president of the Now Zealand Immigration and Land Settlement League, said that immigrants wore leaving the country in shoals and returning to England. The third class accommodation was booked) up formonbhs ahead, and steamers were leaving full. Our taxation was .the highest per head in the world, and more population was imperative. These people were carrying a tale of woe throughout the United Kingdom, and this was fatal to the dominion. Air Alassey had said that 10,000 immigrants had been absorbed into the population, but the speaker would defy him or anyone else to prove that. The country had no land policy' at all, and l they must get to_ work at once. Under the Imperial Government Settlement Act they hadLa golden opportunity which he urged they should not miss. Under this the Imperial Government paid half-cost of tire settlement, and the matter was of the utmost urgency and importance.
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Evening Star, Issue 18031, 27 July 1922, Page 4
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173LEAVING IN SHOALS Evening Star, Issue 18031, 27 July 1922, Page 4
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