SOLDIERS AS SETTLERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18457, 21 July 1923, Page 9

SOLDIERS AS SETTLERS.

EFFECT ON. EMPIRE: TRADE.

CONCESSIONS TO DOMINIONS. EX-SERVICE, MEN'S PLEA.; By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received 6-15 p.m.) A, and N.Z. . LONDON, July 19. . The Empire Service Conference , re, solved, on the motion of Mr. Dyett (Australia) to approach the Imperial Government to provide money to enable ex Imperial servicemen overseas to receive the same privileges as are accorded to •exmembers of the Australian Imperial Force.

The conference also passed a resolution, at the instance of Mr. Hills (Australia), that to facilitate land settlement in the Empire the British Government be requested to arrange a scheme of concessions for marketing commodities, resulting in much increased settlement and production.

General Wylie (South Africa), in seconding the motion, said it was. right for the Mother Country to give concessions, especially in such far-distant Dominions as Australia and New Zea-' land.

It was decided to hold the next biennial conference in Australia, provided there are no insuperable difficulties. Lieut.-Colonel A. Buckley, UnderSecretary for Overseas Trade, emphasised the value of State aid in connection with immigration to Australia and New Zealand. He wished more had been done with Canada.

The Morning Post, commenting on Colonel Buckley's speech, says that among the Dominions Australia leads in organised inter-Imperial migration, while Britain lags behind." The business of overseas settlement on this side should be entrusted to one man, whose duty would bo to divide the country . into regions, provide recruiting and training centres, and for .the equipment of depots and transport. The Post suggests that Britain prepare a complete scheme for submission to the Imperial Conference.