EMPIRE SETTLEMENT
IMMIGRANTS FOR CANADA. Cl I. EAR FARES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 16. In the House of Commons Mr \V. G. A. Ormsby-Goro (Uudor-Sw.rctary for the Dominions) announced that under the new- Empire Settlement Act. arrangements had been made by which emigrants would be carried to Canada for £3 each, instead of £ls as formerly, and children under seventeen Ircc.—A. and N.Z. Cable. FU.RTII ER ENCOURAGEM K NT. LONDON, December 17. (Received December IS, at 9.10 a.m.) The ‘ Daily Mail ’ says that the passage rates for migrants have been reduced owing io Canada .agreeing to superintend the migrants’ welfare lor live years. She will take. 25 per cent, without anv experience of farm work, hut pledged to this occupation. It is expected that the migrants will increase from 5,000 to 10.000 yearly.— Sydney ‘ Sun ’ Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19126, 18 December 1925, Page 5
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137EMPIRE SETTLEMENT Evening Star, Issue 19126, 18 December 1925, Page 5
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