MIGRANTS FOR CANADA
FLAT PASSAGE RATE PROPOSED. (Rec. 11.10 p.m.) Ottawa, October 12. A Winnipeg message states that the Federal Minister of Immigration, Mr Forke, announced that his department was giving serious consideration to a plan for the establishment of a flat passage rate of £lO or £l2 for all British immigrants over 17 years of age, thus eliminating the assisted passage scheme. He stated that British settlers were preferred to Continental immigrants. Mr Forke conferred with Mr Bracken, Premier of Manitoba, in regard to Federal and provincial plans for immigration.—Australian Press Association—United Service. ,
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Southland Times, Issue 20615, 13 October 1928, Page 7
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