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A movement sponsored by the Canadian Department of Immigration for the encouragement of colonisation within Canada and conducted in co-ordina-tion of effort with tho railway companies has had a considerable degreo of success. In 14 months approximately 42,882 persons have been returned to the land through this effort, consisting of 0040 families, averaged at five persons each, and 12,682 single men who were found employment as farm labour-
er. W. A. Gordon, Minister of Immigration states that this result has been accomplished without, direct financial aid to those assisted and at no cost to the Federal Treasury. Under the system adopted the Department and 1:ho railways, through their colonisation
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6789, 22 February 1932, Page 12
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113Back to the Land Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6789, 22 February 1932, Page 12
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