IMMIGRATION.
MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENT. Fress Association-By Telegraph-Copyright MELBOURNE, May 27. The Minister of External Affairs has directed Sir G. H. Re id to withdraw from the English papers an advertisement dealing w jth the productions of Australia, published with a view to attracting immigrants. The Minister considers tliis and some other published information exaggerated and misleading. The Trades Hall Council has appointed a deputation to interview Mr Fisher, the Prime Minister, as a- protest against Sir G. H. Reid's immigration policy being misleading. SIR GEORGE REID'S EXPLANATION. LONDON, May 26. Sir George Reicl, on being interviewed with reference to his speech on April Ist. said that any distinction between healthy poor law children and those of other classes was drawing the' most odious money line. The immigration of young people must be strictly safeguarded, and limited to absolute requirements. There should be homes in the interior awaiting them.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14211, 28 May 1910, Page 5
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147IMMIGRATION. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14211, 28 May 1910, Page 5
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