TOO MANY 44 "DUDS".

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16814, 4 June 1926, Page 3

TOO MANY 44 "DUDS".

IMMIGRANTS FROM HOME. THE XVHON*'. TYPE. “We want immigrants, but there are far 100 many ‘duds.’ What New Zealand wants is skilled artisans and trained farm hands, more people l'or die country districts and fewer for die cities.” In these words, Mr R. 11. Nimnio, at Iho annual meeting of die Caledonian Society at Wellington, sized up New Zealand’s Immigration requirements, lie said dial whilst die society recognised die desirability of pursuing a vigorous immigration policy, it denounced die tendency on the part of some New Zealanders to nominate migrants whose training did not lit them to undertake skilled work and whoso desire was to settle in die cities. There was no prospect of unskilled labourers bettering themselves by journeying to New Zealand, and therefore the society thought that only skilled tradesmen and farm workers should lie nominated. The speaker referred to a passage in the annual report which staled dial die activities of die society in die direction of immigration had heen considerably advanced, and die assistance of die various societies in the Wellington district had made it possible for for Scottish migrants to !>.; settled in good positions. At die present lime die directors were negotiating for a dominion-wide scheme which would lie carried out when die national federation of all Caledonian, Seottistl societies, and Horns' clubs) was set up. To their co-operation in immigradwii matters special thanks were, doe Lj die Prime Minister (the Right dun. j. u. Coates), and die Under-Secretary for Immigration (Mr 11. D. Thompson), both of whom had stated that no type of migrant had given so much satisfaction as die Scot, who was industrious and well-behaved. “it is to lie hoped," lie concluded, “that wc will not get so many 'dud’ immigrants in future.” in bis reference to Inc work of the society, Mr T. Forsyth, M.P., mcniioned dial, lie bad come into contact v.'idi a number of migrants who were loud in their praise of die assistance rendered to them by die Caledonian Society.