TRAINING OF SETTLERS.
PROPOSAL IN BRITAIN. - DOMINION INSTRUCTORS. OFFER FROM CANADA.,./' Br Telegraph Press Association—Copyright. : i (Received fl'.S p.m.) A. and N.Z. , LONDON". Am'. 2. The Secretary of' the Department of Overseas Trade, Mr. A. Buckley, received a deputation from a conference of public authorities suggesting that the Govern- : ment should' subscribean ambnnt equal to public subscriptions to give rudimental training, in agrioulture to enable unemployed 'Britishers ;to become useful emi- ■; • grants to the Dominions. Miss ' Wileman said that - the Governments ■'; of .Canada? and South Africa were '■ .;. ■willing to « send men to train; intending j; settlers v and- the .money \ required could be ;,■;--: raised.'!;-*■.■•."•, ; : ?-;~y *'--';-.'- •'*. )-'.'■;•'■'. \ . "-_; ' "-'". S- M -'' ■'•) -*)'. ■ : The Morning Post says that Mr. Buck-, ley in .effect replied:. "In that case we .will' put down pound for pound," adding that' thousands of people were on the \ books anxious to; emigrate ; Australia, .'( but, the Federal authorities;. had cabled that they could not all be taken at present. ;/ The crux ;of> the .problem.was the' • '.-.'■'■ number' of : : newcomers "■ \ the ; Dominions '•..' could absorb. '" '■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 9
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