POPULATION PROBLEMS
POSITION IN AUSTRALIA REFUGEES FROM EUROPE Problems associated with population that were at present facing Australia Wtsre discussed yesterday by Mr. Hendry Luke, chairman and managing director of Wilton Collieries, Limited. on his 'return from Sydney by the Wanganella. ''They have got to do something to more people in Australia," -Air. wiko said. The country did not want to become the dumping-ground for a •£Pe of settler that was not desired, the refugee from Europe, but large "Umbers were arriving and some concern was felt. It was being realised that land ' iave to be opened tip for closer settlement, he added. In the vicinity 2* the Lnchlan River in New South ,'Vales, for example, there were many .' a -£e areas, ,estates of up to 250,000 acres, which it was being appreciated would have to bo mado available f°r m Closer settlement. This was mixed llw" 1 ? 8 country, capable of growing -ii-prppeyly-ri^afaat
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23191, 10 November 1938, Page 13
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