EMPIRE TOPICS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 252, 21 September 1933, Page 7

EMPIRE TOPICS.

IMMIGRATION LAWS CRITICISED. TORONTO, Sept. 19. The British Commonwealth Conference discussed a number of topics today, including the Dominions’ immigration laws as they apply to citizens of other parts of the Empire. Criticism was expressed of existing conditions. It was held that there should be a minimum restriction on such movements. The Australian delegate especially stressed the need for a more liberal interpretation of “Empire citizenship” -when it came to crossing intraEmpire borders. “Why, gentlemen, I had a hard time getting into Canada myself 1” he declared. Other discussions included a suggestion that a commonwealth tribunal to deal with inter-Dominion trade problems should be established and a recommendation for uniformity of legislation within the commonwealth with regard to protecting and defining “citizenship” of women marrying “nonBritishers.” In a discussion on monetary matters, delegates favoured “some form of intra-Empire currency control, eliminating the possibility of a too intimate reliance upon either United States or French funds.”