POST-WAR PROBLEMS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11990, 29 January 1920, Page 5

POST-WAR PROBLEMS.

United Press Association —By Elec trio Telegraph—Copyright.

London, Jan 37.

Whereas in prewar times eighty per cent of the would-be emigrants desired to go to Canada, now nearly fifty per cent prefer to go to Australia or New Zealand, according to Commissioner Lamb, of the Salvation Army, who considers Australasia could readily secure a great volume of the best type of immigrants if it desired. When Commissioner Lamh?reaches Australia with General Booth he may place before the Government general proposals, but he especially asks if Australia is to do anything in regarc. to unwanted children and the overflow of womenHe states that there are tens Of thousands of the former from two to five years old as a'result of the war, while as regards women there are now 1,300,500 more women than men in the United Kingdom. The position is threatening a social upheaval difficult to estimate