AUSTRALIA'S FUTURE.
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■(Reeeivedi June 6, 11.5 a>nx.j:„. ~ ' SYDNEY, June'6. Sir John Willison, a noted Canadian journalist, speaking at the Millions Club, predicted that in the not far distant future Australia, would rank equal in wealth and power with the United States, and would have a population less diluted with the alien element. He said the standard of living was as high as that of any nation in all the centuries.- It must be remembered that people were living in the United Stages to-day who had seen the population increase from 10 to 105 millions,, so thai;.the outlook of Australia must be regarded as being particularly bright and encouraging. He advocated progressive immigration, andurged' that the country should not be too , rigid in selection, as many townspeople of Britain had proved excellent farmers in Canada.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16450, 6 June 1924, Page 5
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