EMPIRE AND EMIGRANT.
TURNING THE CURRENT TO THE
COLONIES.
(By Electric Teiegraph-Cop'.'right.) (Per I'rkss Association) (Receivad Julv 3, 9.5 a.m.) "LONDON, July 2. A meeting under tho auspices of the Imperial Mission, Mr Croft, M.P., presiding, gavo approval to tho Mission's policy of promoting Imperial unity by emphasising to the people of the Empire tho bonefits of solidity in commerce and defence; tho importance of increasing the production of food within tho Empire; .also tho desirability of directing the current of emigration towards tho Oversea. Dominion!). ' Sir J. Quick emphasised that tjiore was a combination of forces, independent of kinship and sentiment assisting to keep tho Empiro together. Tho peoples of the Empire should know that, in harmony with their mutual interests and wellbeing, thero should 1m continuity of Empire. He believed in preferential trade within tho Empire. Many members of Parliament and oversea visitors were present.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9553, 3 July 1911, Page 5
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147EMPIRE AND EMIGRANT. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9553, 3 July 1911, Page 5
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