BIG BROTHER MOVEMENT.

Otago Witness, Issue 3870, 15 May 1928, Page 25

BIG BROTHER MOVEMENT.

LORD LOVAT’S TRIBUTE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, April 5. Mr Richard Linton (a quondam New Zealander and now a well-known resident, of Melbourne) was entertained at luncheon this week by the members of the London Committee of ths Big Brother Movement, of which Mr Linton was the founder. Lord Lovat presided at the luncheon, which was held at the Royal Colonial Institute, guests present including Sir Henry and Lady Galway, Sir Henry and Lady Cowan. Lord Lovat said that the Big Brother Movement was as definite a movement as that of Cecil Rhodes when he started his scholarship scheme. It was a movement possible of very great extension and applicable to any on© of the dominions, and he hoped it would become universal throughout the Empire. Perhaps its greatest merit was that it wa s not confined to any social strata, but was open to all classes of the community. This wa s illustrated by the fact that the boys who had migrated under the scheme comprised 80 from public schools, 600 from secondary schools, and 500 from primary schools. British stock was as good today as the original stock that had built up Australia. Mr Linton, speaking of the success of the movement in Australia, attributed it to the careful selection of boy s sent out by the London committee, and to the equally careful selection in Australia of the most suitable types of employers. There had been failures, but few in number, and extreme pains had been taken in some cases, the boys having several changes of employers until they finally found themselves suited and happy. The restricted numbers taken under the scheme was due to the necessity of finding employment and big brothers for all the boys. This policy had laid the foundation of the movement securely, and he hoped it would be found passible to take great numbers at some future' date.