IMMIGRATION

Grey River Argus, 12 April 1928, Page 5

IMMIGRATION

TO NEW ZEALAND. AUCKLAND. April 12. The lonic brought 200 passengers. Manv of the immigrants are ot Scottish descent. and the majority it not all have been nominated by relatives and friends. U.S.A. IMMIGRATION. WASHINGTON, April 10. Representative Laguardia urged a reduction in the immigration quotas !1S a means of prev mting ,i foreign country impressing naturalised Anwri can citizens. Chairman Porterhouse, ot lhe Foreign Affairs Committee, endorsed the suggestion when Reprcs ntatnc I.aguardia anil Representative K.'lli appeared before the Committee to urge the enactment of Representative Kelly’s resolution, requesting tile Pre aident to negotiate treaties to prevent impressment. AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION. SOUTH EUROPEANS IN THE WlisT. SYDNEY. April 11. Mr. Collier, the Premier of West Australia, referring to the influx of Southern Europeans into West Australia. said that the migrants were of the wrong type, were creating an artificial unemployment problem, and wen defeating the objects of the West Aus tralian land settlement schemes, which in part were intended for British migrants. fir. Collier added that of 4000 SouthM Europeans arriving in Australia gntmlly, at least 2000 stayed in West trails-