SOLDIER MIGRANTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 45, 22 January 1926, Page 4

SOLDIER MIGRANTS.

LECTURES AT ALDERSHOT. KEEN INTEREST. LONDON, Jan. 10. The audiences addressed by Mr Barnes (of the migration staff at Australia House) at Aldershot and Tidworth included 300 officers and 1600 men, who were about to begin six months’ vocational training before leaving tho army. The War Office and tho Admiralty are encouraging migration officials to address soldiers and sailors. All the men rvoro keenly interested ill Australia, and asked many questions. General Sir Alexander Godley, who commanded tho New Zealand forces throughout tho war, and now holds tho southern command in Britain, has written expressing the keenest personal interest in oversea settlement, particularly in Australia and New Zealand. He will do his utmost to facilitate the migration of tho troops under bis command. WIVES A-PLENTY. Hundreds, of girls from all parts of Britain, each eager to become the wife of tho Qneonslandor —who wrote to tho Mayor of Bath saying that ho had 1200 acres and an honest face, and wanted a wdfe—have written to tho Mayor enclosing their photographs. The Mayor declines the responsibility of selecting a wife for him, and is sending all the letters to the Queenslander .