DOMINION’S NEED OF POPULATION
LONDON, May 6. Speaking of immigration at his Press conference, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr P. Fraser, said that he would welcome this. With a population of barely 1,750,000, the Dominion had room for a vastly greater number. The men of her own armed forces must, however, be resettled first. Fifty to 70 per cent, of the houses now being produced were for these men. Britain, too, had her own resettlement problems in which huge labour resources would be needed. New Zealand wanted builders but so would Britain. Immigration must be thought out and planned with such problems in view. The most favourable type of immigration perhaps would be that of industrial firms. New Zealand would welcome these—and their machinery.
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Southland Times, Issue 25357, 8 May 1944, Page 5
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