“BRING THE RIGHT TYPE”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 208, 22 November 1927, Page 11

“BRING THE RIGHT TYPE”

Empire and Migration MR. AMERY’S DECLARATION OF AIMS HOW the British Government was spending nearly £2,000,000 a year in assisting migrants and. how, eventually, when schemes are matured, about £3,000,000 would be expended for this purpose, was explained by the Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery to a deputation which placed immigration difficulties before him to-day in Auckland.

rpHE New Zealand Land Settlement -*■ and Development League, the Women’s Joint Immigration Committee, the British Isles Association and the Church of England Immigration Council were among the bodies represented. The Minister also received a deputation from the League of Nations Union, to which body he gave a sympathetic reply. Explaining the point of view of the Imperial Government in regard to migration Mr. Amery explained it was realised that the development of the Empire was a common interest. The strength of each Dominion, he said, was also Britain’s strength; the prosperity of each Dominion was also Britain’s prosperity. The Government was glad to cooperate and encourage British people to settle in the Dominions overseas rather than see them go to foreign countries, and financial support to the extent of nearly £2,000,000 annually had been forthcoming for that purpose. “Britain has no desire or intention of dumping undesirables here,” continued Mr. Amery. “We believe that our unemployment problem at Home is peculiarly our own, and it is for us to settle. We are just as concerned as you that the right type of people should come out.” Training establishments for young men desirous of settling on the land had been set up in England; also, in conjunction with the Australian Government, an experimental training institution for domestics. “British migration is to be preferred to any other. Our type is still the best in the world.” “Bring out the right type of people and you will do more to solve the economic and social problems of a country than by any other means,” advised Mr. Amery. The Minister was particularly gratified to learn that so much social work was carried out among migrants arriving at the port of Auckland. Mr. Amery promised to go into several questions raised by the deputation with the Dominion Government in Wellington. LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNION RECEIVED BY MR. AMERY The Rt. Hon. Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary for State of the Dominions, granted an audience to the executive of the League of Nations Union, Auckland branch, at the town hall this morning. Mr. E. C. Cutte'n, S.M., introduced the members, and the visitor displayed a lively interest in the work of the League.

EX-FIRST LORD RETAINS SEA LEGS

MR. AMERY AFLOAT CHELSEA WORKS INSPECTED Mr. Amery has not been a First Lord of the-^Admiralty for nothing. He mounted the gangway of the Rona at the Chelsea sugar works today as in the manner born, despite a choppy sea, and the moving launch beneath him. The scene was carefully recorded by Captain Brass,, M.P., the Ministers Acting-Parliamentary Secretary, with his industrious movie camera. Indeed, Captain Brass was one of the most energetic members of the | Ministerial party. His movie machine 1 “shot” the Niagara as Air. Amery passed the trans-Pacifie liner in his launch, and throughout the trip over the harbour and during the official inspection of the sugar works the camera was seldom idle. Mr. J. C. Yeomans, manager of the , works, and Captain Wallis, of the Rona, whose bunting was gaily displayed in honour of the ex-First Lord, entertained the Minister and his party at morning tea. Mr. Amery again drew attention to the abnormal capacities of New Zealanders and Australians in regard to this habit. “I find it very surprising*” he remarked. Mr. Amery was accompanied by Mr. J. Hislop (Under-Secretary for Internal Affairs), Mr. J. W. Collins (secretary for the Department of Industries and Commerce), Mr. J. A. C. Allum (Auckland City Council), Mr. H. T>. Morton, and Mr. F. M. Kills, and Mr. J. Sutherland Ross (Dunedin). The Minister inspected the refining process at the works, the sugar for which, he was told, was brought from Fiji. TO VISIT TE KUITI CIVIC RECEPTION ARRANGED Advice has been received by Mr. J. C. Rolleston. M.P., that the Rt. Hon. L. S. Amery, Secretary of'Stare for the Dominions, will spend a short time in Te Kuiti on Thursday morning next, when a civic reception will be accorded him at the railway station. Mr. Amery will arrive by train from Hangatiki and leave Te. Kuiti by car at 10 a.m. for New Plymouth. A large gathering of citizens is anticipated.