LORD STRATHSPEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18533, 18 October 1923, Page 10

LORD STRATHSPEY.

VSStT TO DOMINION.

NEW ZEALAND-BORN PEER. [FROM CUB OWN COIIBESrOKDKNT.I SYDNEY. Oct.' 13. : Accompanied by Lady Strathspey and their son and ;; daughter, Lord', Strathspey has arrived : in Sydney, en route to New Zealand, • his birthplace, on a visit to his relatives. ■ Baron .' Strathspey ;- (Trevor Ogilvie Grant) was / born at Oamaru 44 years "ago ,and is the second, .son of the tenth Earl of Seafield, who died in 1888, and succeeded to the barony of Strathspey on the death of his brother. He married the 1 daughter of the late Mr. T. M. Hardy-Johnson, of Christchurch. Lord Strathspey was associated with ; the New Zealand Civil Service from 1906 to 1813, and also with the defence forces. He has served in the British Army, and is an active figure in public life. t Lord Strathspey has consistently championed a well-directed scheme of migration as a means of filling the empty spaces of the Dominions, and of "consolidating the Empire. Interviewed in Sydney, he expressed himself in favour of a bold immigration scheme with the least possible delay, and said that at no previous time in the Empire's history has there, been such a paramount need for solidarity between Britain and the Dominions. In an article in the British press recently, Lord Strathspey advocated a novel plan for travelling by train practically from London to Australia, in considerably less time than the journey takes, at present, by utilising a land route as far as possible and carrying the train by ferry across the intervening stretches of " sea. He thinks such a scheme would be a real .Empire investment.; Not- only > would migration become a pleasure, but there , would be the advantage from the carriage of goods and mails. Lord Strathspey expects to remain in New Zealand for a year.