ASSISTED MIGRATION
OUT OF THE QUESTION. NEW ZEALAND HAS OWN PROBLEMS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 26. A declaration that the Government could not consider the question of resuming a policy of assisted immigration was made by the Prime Minister (Mr Forbes) to-day, when his attention was drawn to cablegrams from England in which suggestions were made that tile Dominions should assist the Mother Country by taking her surplus population. “While we have unemployed in New Zealand,” said the Prime Minister, “we could not possibly consider adding to our population by means of immigration. Our first duty is to our own people.” Mr Forbes said that while he was in England he had discussed the matter with the Imperial authorities and had pointed out to them that while the present uncertainty existed about the markets for our primary products, which were New Zealand’s main concern, the question of further intense development of the country could not be considered. Tire British Government realised the reasonableness of that attitude. The Governhad its own problems as well as Great Britain.
During the last three years assisted immigration, as disclosed in the department’s report, had fallen away to practically nothing.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 257, 27 September 1935, Page 11
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196ASSISTED MIGRATION Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 257, 27 September 1935, Page 11
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