HALF MILLION MIGRANTS
FOR AUSTRALIA. TO BE SENT FROM BRITAIN. (Reuter). (Received July 28 at 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 27. . 11l the House cf Commons Mr Amery (Dominion Secretary) introduced the Colonial Office estimates, which, for til-: first time, wore described a.s ‘‘tor the Expenses of the .Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs. ’’ After dwelling oh the. change in the O'onial Office organisation, Mr Anic'-y. paid a high tribute to the ser\ ice.> of the Prince of Wales, in cementing the Empire. He referred to the wonder! il reception accorded to the 1 ris ice ot Wales in the Dominions as an evidence of their loyalty to the Crown and the Motherland.
Mr Amory gave details cf a scheme for settling 450 thousand assisted migrants from the United Kingdom to Australia in the next ten years. He said that this should mark the largest advance in Empire settlement since the passage of the Empire Sol tbnmmt Act.
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Grey River Argus, 29 July 1925, Page 5
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