OPINION IN VICTORIA.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12770, 11 February 1910, Page 2

OPINION IN VICTORIA.

Melbourne, Feb 10. Sir R. W. Best, Federal Minister of Customs, denies that there is any need for Count Morner or anybodj' else to warn intending emigrants against proceeding to Australia or New Zealand There was ample room with plenty of J oportunities for suitable men to make a living in Australia, particularly agriculturists. There was room • not for hundreds, but thousands of the right type. • } The Victorian State Premier did j not think the warning applied to Vie- i toria. Probably the Swedish Consul hr.d New South Wales in view. Certain men no doubt had found a difficulty in getting work when they came, but they probably would have had the same difficulty in any other part of the world. Ho knew of no class that '■ would make more successful colonists that Norwegians and Swedes, as they were willing to go into the bush and do hard pioneering work.