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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10480, 16 October 1912, Page 8

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United Press' Association.— By Elec trio Telegraph.—Copyright. London, October 14. Mr Hunter, replying to a statement by the Women’s League before the Empire Commission, asserts that New South Wales takes every precaution. He attributes the attack to pique at the Department’s refusal to permit the League to interfere with the management of immigration. Mr Hunter has communicated with the Commission protesting against it being made a vehicle for unjustifiable attacks. Paris, October 15. Lepreux, a clerk of the Suez Canal Company, who was arrested in March for fraudulent appropriation of £BO,OOO worth of shares, has been sentenced to seven years. London, October 15. Mr Kirkpatrick, giving evidence before the Dominions Commission, explained fully the South Australian emigration system and detailed arrangements for domestic servants, which, he claimed, were equal, if not superior, to any country’s. He gave particulars of the doings _of unscrupulous private emigration agents. Sir G. and Lady Reid have returned from America. Newcastle, October 16. Sailed.—Myra Fell for Auckland. London, October 15. Major McDonald, of New Zealand has, passed the colonel’s examination. _