Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part VIII. Imperial unity and imperial co-operation

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CHAP. III] THE CONFERENCE OF 1911 1535 to be said. Sir Wilfrid Laurier said that matters appeared quite satisfactory. Mr. Batchelor! could only add that every effort to reduce the 20 per cent. of emigrants who went outside the Empire would be greatly appreciated, and Sir Joseph Ward ? felt that if the Dominions received 80 per cent. of the emigrants it was as much as they could reason- ably expect. He suggested that the resolution should be altered to express approval of the policy that was being pursued, and Mr. Harcourt suggested that the last paragraph, with regard to the appointment of representatives of the Dominions on the Emigrants’ Information Office, should be omitted. He promised that the information issued by that office should be kept absolutely up to date, while, if repre- sentatives were introduced as suggested, there might be difficulty through competition between the representatives of the different Dominions and States. This proposal was agreed to, and finally the resolution was passed in the form, ‘That the present policy of encouraging British emigrants to proceed to British Dominions rather than foreign countries be continued, and that full co-operation be accorded to any Dominions desiring emigrants.’ The difficulties of co-operation between Governments in emigration had been strikingly illustrated just a little earlier. At the afternoon session on June 2, Mr. Buxton ® moved, on behalf of the Board of Trade, a resolution in favour of utilizing the machinery of the United Kingdom system of Labour Exchanges established in 1909 in connexion with the noti- ication of vacancies for employment and applications of persons for employment as between the Dominions and the United Kingdom. He explained that applications had been received from overseas employers for the services of persons to be obtained from this country, and it was thought that it might be possible to arrange for effective co-operation between the Dominion Governments and the Imperial Government, by requiring that employers in the Dominions should give t Cd. 5745, p. 202. * Ibid., p. 203. * Ibid., pp. 153 seq. ; 5746-1, pp. 127-9. rf2

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