TO HELP IMMIGRANTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 February 1925, Page 8

TO HELP IMMIGRANTS.

! ANGLICAN CHURCH SCHEME. The Church Assembly, .on the motion of the Bishop of London, passed a resolution. approving the establishment of a council of overseas settlement, which would disseminate information in regard to openings for settlers and attend to their selection and welfare. The council of twenty-four will inclue a chairman nominated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and ten members nominated by the Assembly and the Bishop of London. It is understood the Government will contribute one-third of the working expenses, the total of which is estimated at .-&7500. The Dominions will guarantee another third. The Bishop of Salisbury said it was high time the Church made itself felt in the matter. They were hound to uphold the spiritual ideals of the British Commonwealth. The best way to ensure a continuation of Anglo-Saxon traditions and customs throughout the Empire was to give settlers to the Dominions who were brought up in the right atmosphere.. The Assembly accepted Bishop Fordsham’s amendment deleting from the adopted resolution the words indicating that one of the council’s objects would be the promotion of the Government policy as embodied in the Empire Settlements Act.