EMIGRATION TO AUSTRLIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14292, 11 February 1910, Page 5

EMIGRATION TO AUSTRLIA.

! 011 NT M 0 R N R'S WARNING. ',: ||| MR. .WADE IN . REPLY."-:' ' ;l||| y Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright, ... ■' Sydney, February 10. lefeerixo to Count Morner's:; warning > Swedish immigrants, the Premier (Mr. fill fade) states that he is much surprised at ie statement, as a reference to the Immi- . ration Bureau shows not only that -?( very immigrant brought out , under ' ; tate assistance was offered employment ,» r <ihout, delay, but for months past there v?f e as been a demand largely in excess of »: tie supply of immigrants. " " The Government : had had to bear the urdens of the mistakes made by priately directed organisations, which atjmpted to carry out the larger and more vSf S ifficult work of actually finding work jj| or immigrants'. These, through want of | roper machinery and experience, at times ' ailed to place their men. He trustedfcH bat Count Morner would correct the im- ri 'J j ression as far as the Government was 5? .• *, S V oncorned, since it was scarcely accurate 1 } « -i J nd likely to do harm to a movement . . hat ought to be encouraged. — * l;rVMPLE ROOM FOR THOUSANDS y:__; v -' ■ : 5/. • - MEN OF THE RIGHT TYPE. -/ • >"*&). , Melbourne, February .10.', ;> Sir Robert Best (Minister for ' Cu«tenus t~'sM Jenies that there is any need for' Count ,V- | Corner, ; or anybody else, to warn in; * Of»"j tending emigrants against .< proceeding. to / , v &J Australia or New Zealand. ; Therq imple • room -and - plenty «' of opportunities For suitable men to make a living in T Aus r • v italiai particularly as agriculturists. Thei;e vas room j not • fori hundreds, but for,theii* >'J !jjj sands,of the right type. :V' The State Premier (Mr. . Murray) || ie did not think the warning applied to j/; 'i§> ITictco-ia; :.Jc Probably the Consul had- New*.*.South Wales in view. " Certain men, no > loubt, found difficulty in getting worlr';VssM| vhen they ~came, but they would probably V/. 4 lave the same difficulty in any-other; part 1 » )f the' world. He know that no class ; ' nade more successful colonists than Nor- s ' i, jl wegians and Swedes. . • V s '^ BOYS FOR VICTORiAN FARMS.'- 1 ' • " • "• London, February 9. :££«;= Sir J. W. Taverner (Victoria's AgentSeneral) has chosen" a dozen! respectable •.. lads from the nominations of the Strat- . . | ford emigration * office for a year's v train«p. ing on Victorian farms; ; Their ages rang« ' from 16 to 18, and they are chiefly shop ~ boys and factory hands. > ' ; -— —' ■i HARD TO GET WORK. ' ' : ;. ~~ . . ' STATEMENTS BY THE ' CONSULS- '§Iff (Reoeived February 10, 9.45 p.m.) " .( v K Sydney, February 10. The Danish Consul and Count Morner >5 (Swedish. Consul) both state that neither &>*■£<& Denmark nor Sweden can spare agricul- , tural emigrants,.and though they do send j J emigrants of other, classes, (they. find, it difficult; ,to place them. Both 1 warnings y* were " due to Count Morner ', sending > home a clipping from a- newspaper of Mr. Hoiman's: speech on the . immigration policy, at Newcastle in November last. ' - V}", • The Danish Consul said he thought the •;'/« announcement by his Government - was ' {£, due to the statement '..published; in the /'/; Swedish papers. In a letter to his Govern-, ment in May: last he stated that with , the exception of servants and agricultural , j labourers the ' conditions here were such that . the Consulate absolutely ; advised : against emigration. 1 Danish women will- d ing to work as servants could always find --vj/ something to do, and^the-'pay: was good, but the . work hard. . As for male emigrants, only agricultural ?;! labourers who could stand hard work were wanted. For * commercial people, or people without a v trade, f Australia was the ' last - place to ■ . ; come to. " Businesses and offices were all filled with the country's own people, and it was most difficult,for foreigners to find..' employment. , / ■ , • "-. ~l "£iM - Count Morner.states that most or:th& , r ! Swedes who come here are- looking for , city positions, and lie had the ' greatest • difficulty in finding work or. them. f- Some • had been sent ; off to . America. '; Out of » . large number who had applied' to him, he had only found'work - for three, and these in menial positions below their accomplishments. People had been deceived • by'- >'• - coleur de-rose schemes. The Government v; •; v would not help them because, - the men were not'assisted immigrants.. ,• Sometimes p| work was offered up country, but he. 'was j asked to pay the immigrants' , fare. there.' .fefip:; It would be a good thing if the Govern^ .7] ment gave free passes'-to such as found work in the cpuntry, or even lent , money for their fares' Many of these men spent v -J everything they had in getting here. •.It' was easy to say there was plenty of work. . The 'belt" - way •-to ' prove • it'.was for the y': Government or private persons to help < " him to find work for these immigrants; i ; ' ■ A farmer with money could get'on 6plen- , aidly here, but so he , could in Sweden. •. , . • ' ' ' -■■•■■■■■ - . i ———~ ~ r.. .} m ♦NOT FAIR PLAY. :M SYDNEY PAPER'S CRITICISM.; ' ' Sydney, February, 10.*' If/j^| s The Sydney Morning Herald says "Count Morner must not be 6urpris«fd;: i4t*ide* his advertisement of Australia as a g»*' land to ; stay away from leads; to sov a open* plain speaking. Probably he has no dpA> Theri as to the policy that a Swedish should pursue, and he may declare f would; be he is responsible to nobody but his** ®h° fc vernment. But there. is such a thin' th e Sliest truth,- rounded, reasonable truth, '.'cu of 1911. every man in public or: private life f l , pected to recognise and observe. }To 0 - season; to Sweden a copy of a speech bjers kill ten Holman attacking the Government e season M State, and to let it be inferred; i, TattlJW. contains the whole truth about Au~ ,''; fejj; is surely to forget the alphabet * _ f V plav and honest dealing. PORT^|^ "Count Morner is - not an Jgno*^?^W| he has lived among us • long yrith ' the;; understand something of our politic|ike jurt for he must know ™» that! man, in the capacity of Deputy-Jjeacl ESIDENTthe Opposition, does not make spet . , '•■->>! that are dispassionate and perfectly anced. To send to Sweden statements,, . \ : members of the Labour Opposition, out at least offsetting them by Governarif,J ment' defence, leaves himself to •. either a charge of carelessness or deception. 'We can quite understand the . Con- : sul's point of view. He does riot want 1 '* the . agriculturists to leave Sweden, be- ~^ cause they are as badly needed there 'at,.;,- / ,j here. To help his Government keep- : ing this desirable class at ■ home, he. ha< i . | thought it fair to' giverAu^i*(^^|gJ! name, though the Commonwealth is qiUttS ; 'good ! t %