DECREASE OF EMIGRANTS.
TO EMPIRE COUNTRIES. INCREASE TO UNITED STATES. (Received 5.5 p.m.) London, August 3.—The Board of Trade returns for overseas passenger traffic in the first half of 1921 shows a decrease of 23,594 emigrants to places within the Empire, and an increase of 4899 emigrants to the United States, compared with 1920. This is principally due to Irish emigration to America in the first quarter. The total outward balance of overseas passengers for the half-year is 61/769, compared with 69,041 for last year and 157,779 in the first half of 1913.—(A. and N.Z.) EX-SERVICE MEN SENT OVERSEAS. London, August 3. —Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Colonel Amery said that since the Armistice the Government had sent ex-service men and their fancies, numbering 54,145, overseas, of which number 17,197 had gone to Australia, and 9075 to New Zealand. The total expenditure was £1.038,000, which was entirely borne by the Home Government.
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Wairarapa Age, 5 August 1921, Page 5
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