NORTHCLIFFE.

Grey River Argus, 20 May 1922, Page 7

NORTHCLIFFE.

FODDER, COMPARISONS. iiiG:,L\i;o!.i.. i [A. and N. Z. Coble Association J (Ri’Cflived Muy IS) ;1 1 5.5 p. LONDON, May 18. I Lord liclifl'c, j u a spoi'i-li al the Hotel Uecil, at a galherini; under Hie :iu.spi<-c.s (if lhe Australian and Neiv yalaud Club, dealt with his oT.servn-1 lions of Australia. He hist made reioionce to the -Australians' practice of designating Brlish immigrants as pommies. Jle said he did not understand what it meant, but it was re | garded as an insult. A gentleman seated near Lord N<nthclii.es table i nterjectpil:—“ rosv Loi’d Northclifie, provocativslv, re plied: --Like yours! ” I Lord Norlhclitle said lie would sound * a mde ol warning about the large number of Italians who wire emigrating to Australia. 'There were several types of Italians. ‘‘Are you gelting the right type?” ho asked. We want to hold Australia. British." He stressed the necessity for a careful handling of immigrants on their arrival. H-e paid a tribute to the .I) f Tiunardo lb me for boys. Ho claijued they wore I llu best type of immigrant. A man of 35 on emigrating became “ a grouser.’' lie said:—‘‘l met plently of them, such I as they are, slacking about from tow n I ! to town, getting th.' extraordinary hos-. pitalily that e\ erybodv gets in Aus j tralia. and cursing the country.” Lord Nor'hi Lfie then launched into • a discussion about th: 1 feeding of the | Australian workman. “He is as well' led as ynybody in this i Vintry. ” he I said. “'The workman of England has | no id-ea how- well the Australian workyuan is fed. No man in England ran imagine what Australia, is like until lie sees it. There are all sorts of unex-j period things ami plan's which you can never contemplate. What, surprised me 1 vras Lhe beauty of those places. We ' have h-eard for the last 20 years more about New Zealand than Australia. ’ J.ord N(»rthelifTp said In* de-| ploi-ed Labours-’ attitude in c-erlain Aus-: tralian states. • • There is no place ini the world where labour is King to sucli a great extent, and in Queensland ii. is dicta lor.” A contrast to Australia wa: <'an:'.da. which had not tied herself’ to a ridiculous labour leadership. Can-I ada had not made labour so dictatorialami cosily that icould not be an exporting country. 'This was true of Qiieenski nd. ” 1 became unpopular' there,” he declared, “for saying these things, but I am used to unpopularity.” In New Zealand. Labour seemed mor;* orderly and less arrogant than in Aus Italian. Australia was so far away iha - the A us! ra lians had no standards of comparison. ’They ha<i many bwautiful things, but they did noi admire litem, b-.’uai:: e lie. y kicked any means of comparison with oilier races. •‘ I A.usl ralia. ’ ’ he said, ‘' I was asked to admire second rale buildings and bridges, but not the magnilicenl ph’.-ique of the people, which is lhe In sl iii Ihe world. ’ ’