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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9134, 16 August 1888, Page 4

It will be noticed from our calv messages that Mr. W. L. Rees and \\ j Pere, who went home in Jimp last:I ast : connection with the Native Lam] s,» tlement Company, have lost no time it giving prominence to the objects o their mission. They have already ! uu | a petition presented in the Housp of Commons by the hands of Mr. Broad, hurst, member for Nottingham, and on* of the most prominent representatives of labour in the House, praying i!, ; r the assistance of the Imperial Govern", ment may be extended to the colonic*, tion of the East Coast of this island. From the intimate connexion which Mr' Broadhurst has with the various trades and labour associations and iriendlv societies of the artizan and industrial classes of England, it would appear that Mr. Eees, who was accredited to these from kindred associations in this country, has so far succeeded in his woi'k as to have already enlisted their cooperation : and though his appeal to the British Parli* ment may appear a bold and venture- , some proceeding, the times and circumstances seem to concur in giving feasibility to his project. It will be recollected that a cable message appeared on Saturday last in the Hebald. stating that the Imperial Government have " appointed a committee to < j i,.|uira into the best means of promotiug Suite colonisation/' This has resulted from the persistent agitation of the large and influential organisations in England that are now enlisted in the cause of promoting emigration and colonisation by the industrial classes on a colossal scale. In the various discussions and proposals oi' these associations, prominence has always been given to the requirements of a suitable rield for operations in the colonies, where larje areas of lands might be obtained to be industrially occupied by those to bo sent out by the associations, and maintained till they were self-supporting. Mr. Kees has certainly found a hapnv juncture of circumstances for his otih , of the large areas of land owned by the company he represents on the Ea>: Coast ; and we should not be in the least surprised, if the prominence given to his mission in the House of Commons at this particular time, should excite more than ordinary attention, where so many and diverse parties are interested in a common object; and i: it should lead to a very interesting experiment of colonisation in New Zealand.