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Waikato Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2578, 29 July 1922, Page 3

“We should drop the words ‘immigration’ and ‘emigration’ when we refer to movements from one part of the Empire to the other,” said Major E. A. Belcher at Christchurch. “We all belong to one great family, whether we live in England, in .South Africa, in Canada, in Australia, in New Zealand, or in Newfoundland, When we go to live in another part of the Empire we siinplv migrate. It is a ease of migration. New Zealand should be careful what migrants she takes. She should take the surplus population of England, but she should see that she gets the right sort of surplus population. Migrants from the Old Country should learn that they will have more opportunities in New Zealand, but not less work. I differ from a statement that the best type of migrant is the man with agricultural experience. The previous occupation of a migrant is his personal characteristics. A man with agricultural experience in the Old Country may have to unlearn what he learnt there as soon as he comes to New Zealand.”