EMPTY AUSTRALIA.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10967, 6 January 1912, Page 4

EMPTY AUSTRALIA.

WHAT THE TIMES SAYS

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fPr-R Press "AssooTATroN.V'."'' Received January 5,. at 11.20, p.m. "'._!; London, January 5. The Times states that;t]ie Commonwealth: defence pbUcy.ihasJb'ecnyrejiiQvcd to the sphere of par 'inimigratibn'showed similarly. rTlie:Federal Government was; too' leisurely, ", but those clamoring for Federal co-operation were too fastidious about the class of immigrauts a ltd too economical as to the advantages they "offer. Australiamust learn that it does not confer a favor, on emigrants in allowing them to enter nowadays. An cnipty land is a perpetual temptation to nations whose territory is inconveniently restricted. The Federal Government should provide adequate shipping accommodation by chartering ships or giving the companies the requisite guarantees.