SUCCESSFUL MIGRATION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18273, 14 December 1922, Page 9

SUCCESSFUL MIGRATION

AUSTRALIAN SCHEMES.

A HOPEFUL VIEW.

Australian and N.Z. 'Cable Association. (Reed. 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, Doc. 12.

Major Belcher, who recently toured the Dominions on behalf of the British Empire Exhibition, in an interview in the press, warmly praised Australian migration efforts. "What the Dominions want," he said, "aro men who are willing and men who will work. There will be failures, of course, but one must remember that the percentage of failures who write complaining letters is infinitely higher than tire percentage of successful migrants who write letters of thanks. Any scheme which shows a definitely-marked success of 60 per cent, is worth while. I believe that some of these Australian schemes will reach 80 per cent."

EARL HAIG'S WARNING. NOT OPPOSED TO EJnGRATION. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Dec. 12. An official of the British Officers' Association, interviewed by the Australian and New Zealand Press Association with reference to Earl Haig's speech on emigration, said that though he could not make a statement officially on behalf of the association, he believed that Earl Haig's view was that there was nothing to withdraw in his speech. It was a mistake to infer from it that Earl Haig was opposed to the emigration of ex-serviee men; on the contrary, no man worked harder for this than Earl Haig, who was a thorough believer in placing ex-service men in the Dominions, providing they could find work, but when he found that emigration was not altogether successful, ho felt it his duty to point out the dangers to exservice men in their own interest.

He did not believe that the speech would damage emigration, but it would certainly produce keener inquiries by exservice men prior to embarkation, but this was advantageous. Besides, Earl Haig believed thai his comments in Manchester would tend to reduce the difficulties which somo ex-service men had experienced in some of the Dominions.