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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16331, 21 January 1921, Page 8

Great Britain supports more people per acre than any other island m the world. j Interest in the visit to Cole* | ridge is stimulated in South Cani terbury, and already the Mavoi of Timaru and twenty others representing the Timaru Borough have agreed to join the party. Mi S. G. Raymond, K.C., Crown Prosecutor for Canterbury, who returned to New Zealand by the s.s. Ruahine, reached Christchurch this morning. !\tr Raymond has been away for tweh'o months on a health trip, and lie has returned in very good health. Rur- j mg his absence he visited Rngland. j Canada, the United States and Hano- i lulu. Mrs Raymond, who went Home \ with him, remained behind in Kngland. | A pretty compiment to Chiist-chsrch was paid by the London passport office* who signed the last batch of passports for New Zealand. One of the party of Air C. J. Halsey, who arrived in Christchurch to day with his wife, said that when he told the passport officer that lie was going to Christchurch lie said, " Well, you are going to God’s own City. . I have been round the world title©, and Christchurch is the best place ill the world.'* \ Immigrants for New Zealand by the ] Orvieto, which arrived in Sydney at - the time of the shipping strike, would hare fared very badly but for the ad- ■ vaaees made by the New Zeaand Government to maintain them in Sydney. This advance amounted to IDs a. day for each adult, and whatever less was asked fer m respect of the children. Mr j C. J. Halsey, who arrived in Christchurch to-day, said that one man with { hia wife six children, was found \ at night m the park, and Was taken to the Police Station and sent on to the Salvation Army borne, but as soon as he 1 obtained word that an advance was available he was able to make better arrangements for himself. L’nforiu- f nately, the stranded immigrants could not set work, an there ver© 30.000 mi- T, employed aa a result of the strike.