EMIGRATION WANING.
,;— "' ♦ — STRIKING FALUNG-AWAY. THE DRAIN ON BRITAIN. FOUR MONTHS' RETURNS. -By Telegraph-Pross Association—Copyright . ■'- (Received May' 19, 10.03 p.m.) London, May' 19. British emigration for the first four months of 1914t0 Australia totalled 13,016, this ;• figure representing a decrease of 10,407 as compared with the same ; period vof 1913. . ,i
• : - The number of { emigrants';. to / Now Zealand amounted to 2367,. this representing? a 'decrease" of 2513 -compared with last year. ;■ Canada absorbed : 31,601 people, • a decrease of 35,329., '■■'"> '
CANADIAN , UNEMPLOYED.
POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT
(Received : May 19, 10.25 p.m.)
:.'■';. r .Ottawa, May 19. Replying, yesterday to an. appeal by the unemployed, Mr. Borden (Premier) declared that the policy of the Government was to-restrict immigration as much as ■ possible to farm labourers and agriculturists.
, PREVIOUS FIGURES. .' The British .emigration figures for the past few years provide interesting reading. Canada: 1909,- 85,887;' 1910, 156,990: 1911. 184,860; 1912, 186.147. Australasia: 1909, 37,620;' 1910, 45,701; 1911, 80.770; 1912, 96,800.■■-■■•.■••. . ■'-•-.■:•■-•.:-■• ,■■;'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15613, 20 May 1914, Page 9
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