IDLE PEOPLE.
BRITAIN REQUIRES RELIEF, ■HUGE SURPLUS POPULATION. EMIGRATION ADVOCATED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received June 8, 5.5 p.m. London, June 7. The Morning Post, in a leader on the Imperial Conference, states the migration problem is most urgent to Britain, because unemployment is most serious. No country can permanently support an able-bodied population in enforced idleness, and there is no doubt that the surplus population totals millions. All schemes to relieve unemployment have failed and therefore the surplus must be disposed of. Australia required fit and courageous workers, who were entitled to the right of selection, on its vast territories, which were awaiting road and rail builders, and farmers, which could only be provided by an immigration scheme on a hitherto unknown scale. The men are available, but the necessary is funds. Emigrants can pay little, now, but could gradually repay advances. If Australia grants land to the pioneers the necessary money for passage and outfit advance could be provided by an Imperial reproductive loan. There would be absolute security and no better investment for the Empire.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1921, Page 5
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180IDLE PEOPLE. Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1921, Page 5
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