AUSTRALIA'S POPULATION
JOINT LMMIGRATION SCHEME. SHIPPING RATES. Bv TelecrapTi—Pre« Acan. —Copyriuh' MELBOURNE, March 11. Mr "VY. M. Hughey has announce*! tbe new shipping rates for the joint imluigration scheme. The OommonweaJth will contribute £l2 for each immigrant, and a corresponding rate for each child. , The shipping companies also are expected to make a reduction on the minimum fare, which at present is —4O. The rates apply onlv to such British people not eligible for- tie free passages given by the British Oversea Committee, but this year t*» e aira be to confine activities to ex-service men, wom?n, add children, of whom Senator Milled has assured the Government numbers are farm workers and domestics. "
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10847, 12 March 1921, Page 11
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