BOY SETTLERS

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 July 1927, Page 5

BOY SETTLERS

110 MEL A N D-CAN ADI AN SCHEME. (Per Presß Ansociation.) PALMERSTON N., July 22. Flock House authorities are directing the attention of the Prime Minister to the details of one of the most constructive of modern settlement schemes, involving the settlement of British boys in Canada. The British and Canadian Governments propose jointly to expend a million during the next ten years in the form of recoverable advances to assist suitable British boys to take up farming in Canada, with the prospect of a definite career. The new scheme aims at curtailing the period of waiting to make their own purchases of land. Boys, 21 years of age, provided they have acquired the necessary experience and saved a. hundred pounds, will be eligible to cash advance not exceeding £5OO, for the purchase of stock and equipment. Flock House considers that it will be a splendid thing for boy migrants in New Zealand, if the Prifne, Minister initiates a similar agreement with the British Government oti behalf of the Dominion. It would add enormously to the opportunities of English boys in New Zealand, -jfej I I lli