AN IMMIGRATION SCHEME.
(By Electbio Telegbaph—Copyright.) (Peb Pbess Association.) Received January 22, 9.53 a.m. LONDON, January 21. Mr E. T. Scammell, Westralian immigration lecturer, in the course of a lecture at the United Service Institution, advocated the commutation of naval and military pensions before the age of 50, enabling the pensioners to provide capital to settle on land in the colonies. Mr Scammell outlined a scheme dealing with finance and safeguards for protecting the permanent interests of the pensioners. Hβ insisted that the co-operation of the colonial Governments was _ essential to success. The discussion elicitjjkl considerable approval.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8780, 22 January 1909, Page 5
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97AN IMMIGRATION SCHEME. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8780, 22 January 1909, Page 5
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