THE W.E.A. LECTURE

Feilding Star, Volume 2, Issue 316, 21 August 1924, Page 4

THE W.E.A. LECTURE

ON ENGLAND'S INABILITY TO f'KLD HKRSFLF.

To the large attendance at his W.E.A. class last night Mr Ernest Mander drew a very dismal picture of England in so far as the Motherland is unable to feed her population. She depends upon producing countries to provide the necessmw foodstuffs for her people. England's birth-rate was -100,000 per annum, and even the .supposedly big immigration scheme that the Government was encouraging and financing was wholly inadequate. England was producing food enough for only seven million people—the. population of London alone. Other countries were also over-populated from the food supply point of view, notably German and Japan. America could just about meet her requirements, and soon she would be depending upon outside help. Supposing America, and Germany sold their manufactures cheaper than England can do, and exchanged those articles for food, in competition with our Motherland, what was going to happen to England then? That was the problem England ha? to solve. There was an interesting discussion. President A. Williamson occupied the chair. Next Wednesday the subject will be "Intolerance," and Prof. Hunter, of Wellington, will pay an official visit to the class.