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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 417, 27 July 1928, Page 9

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MR. BRUCE’S COMPLAINT (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) Reed. 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, To-day. * The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Bruce, addressed the Chambers of Commerce at a dinner. He declared that Britain should cooperate in the development of the Dominions, while the influx of migrants to Australia should be limited to the absorption powers of the Commonwealth. Mr. Bruce hoped Australia’s small population would receive assistance In carrying the growing interest burden. Britain was spending upward of £50,000,000 upon “doles.” Surely, then, it would be worth while spending small sums in interest toward the provision of useful avenues of employment for men whose morale under the present system was being undermined. Indeed, only a fraction of the .£ 15,000,000, which was earmarked by the British Government five years ago for overseas settlement had been spent, which showed that the problem had never really been tackled, and disclosed a lack of understanding by British Ministers and commercial men regarding the great possibilities and potentialities of Australia and the other Dominions.