EMIGRATION SUPERVISION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7142, 1 June 1910, Page 7

EMIGRATION SUPERVISION

COLONIAL INSTITUTE STANDING , COMMITTEE. By Telegraph—FreßS Association.—OonyrlehtLONDON, May 31.. . The Colonial Institute Emigration Conference, Sir James Bevan Edwards presiding, adopted'Lord Brassey's lution: To ask the council o£ the institute to appoint a representative Standing Committee to whom the recommendations of the conference shall be referred for consideration and further action. , The Rev. I!. L. Gwyune, of. tUo Kentish Colonisation Association, remarked that there was no work for 45 per cent, of the lads loaving school. Emigration in their case was necessary, hut preparation was essential. [ ' INTERESTING DISCUSSION. WHERE WERE THE COLONIESOFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES ? (Received May 31, 10.35 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. At the Emigration Conference Lord Dundonald declared that the unemploy. tnent difficulty in Britain might best ho solved by the great centres of population acquiring fertile estates in the various dominions and sending unemployed there in times of depression. He believed such investments would repay themsolves. J. ' ' .. " ■ ■■! ' Mr W. F. Hamilton, K.C., hon. treasurer of the Church Army, warned societies against sending out men without their wives and children, there being many cases of desertion. ; Miss Mary Gaunt, the novelist, declared there was plenty of food, -work and money in Australia, but the trouble with Englishmen going to, Australia was that they \ver,e too much dry-nursed. Sir Clement' Kinloeh-Cooko thought some action ought to be taken with reference to the latest Canadian restrictions. It was outrageous that a man's wife and family should not bo allowed to join him unless he was working on land. Sir Clement also sharply criticised the absence of the Agents-General from the conference. EXPLANATIONS. WHY AGENTS-GENERAL WERE NOT PRESENT. (Received May 31. 11.10 p.m.* LONDON, Kay 31. Mr T. A. Coghlan, Agent-General for New,; South AVales, and , Sir John Taverner, -Agent-General for Victoria, state that they, were not present at the emigration conference, as they consider their offices ai-e. qualified to deal with all questions : affecting emigration, and further, because the intrusion, of .philanthropic agencies into the field of emigration may lead to a class of persons going to Australia who would oompete with existing labour there.