FAMILY MIGRATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20071, 8 October 1928, Page 9

FAMILY MIGRATION.

PROPOSAL TO CANADA. BRITISH SCHEME OF AID. Australian Press Association—United Service •[Received October 7, 5.5 p.m.) OTTAWA. Oct. 6. " Tho Canadian Department of Irnmigraion is considering a proposal mado by tho British Government for the settlement of 10,000 British families on Canadian farms n a period of 10 years. It is understood ■hat the scheme proposed is based on re:o:mmi:ndations made by Lord Lovat as a csult of his recent visit, when he conerred with tho immigration officials. It is stated that the proposal is that he prospective settlers shall be required o possess agricultural training and that 3000 cottages shall be provided for them mtil they shall have accumulated a small imount of savings and acquired Canadian arm experience. Then the migrants would bo provided nth farms for which they would be ex- » lected to pay in a period of 30 years, the nterest rate being 6 per cent. The Canadian Government would issue ;ind bonds at or 5 per cent, interest, he bonds to be secured upon the land, fhich would be purchased for resale to lie settlers. . These bonds would he guarnteed by tho British Government as to iriiicipal and interest The Minister of Immigration, Mr. Robert Forke, is now in Western Canada, jid there is no official confirmation of the H'oposal, but it is suggested that ho may jlace it before the provincial Premiers. BRITISH UNEMPLOYED. ABSORPTION IN CANADA. .MR. KING VISITS LONDON. British Wireless. RUGBY, Oct. 5. 3>l r. W. L. Mackenzie King, Primo Minister of Canada, is due in London tomorrow. Mr. Egan, the permanent head nf the Canadian Immigration Department, is at present in London, with the object jf improving British immigration to Canada, and one of the principal aims of Mr. Mackenzie King's visit will be to discuss the same question. He talked the natter over with the British Prime Mmiser, Mr. Baldwin, on the Continent. From the British viewpoint the chief jroblem is the removal of miners from ireas in which they form an incurable icci.mulation of unemployment into other ireas, It is hoped that Canada may nake a moral contribution toward the ;olution of this problem, but a difficulty irises over financing any scheme. The Canadian authorities believe that lbout 6500 of the 8500 British miners who ■vent to Canada as harvesters will find permanent work there. -If .this could be repeated every year it would considerably sase unemployment iu the United Kingdom. allegation denied. NO DUMPING POLICY* Australian and N.Z. Presg Association. VANCOUVER. Oct. 5. In a farewell address at Sydney, Scotia, on behalf of the Empire Parbamontary delegates after a tour of Canada, Viscount Peel, the chairman, said they hud been able to remove all misconceptions. "We have heard it suggested that we desire to load Canada with inefficient unemployed 1 repudiate, with all my force, this infamous suggestion," declared Lord Peel.