Holmes Says N.Z. Needs Increased Population
[Per Press Association.—Copyright.] GISBORNE, This Day. Having taken the opportunity during his tour of the Dominion to make a superficial investigation of the economic life and industries of.the cbuntry, Mr. W. Holmes, British trade union delegate, who is on a mission to New Zealand, today expressed the opinion that the great need confronting the country was an increase in population. He thought the Dominion should be able to carry probably four times the present number of inhabitants. If this were done, there would be greater security in defence and a reduction in the cost of maintaining various amenities, such as highways, which were of a standard sufficient for a much larger population. Speaking of agriculture in New Zealand, Mr. Holmes remarked that he had been much impressed with the growing and treatment of linen flax and the growing of various seeds for export.
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Northern Advocate, 24 May 1941, Page 2
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