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The Review of Reviews. 



CIRCULATION OF IMPERIAL LIFE-BLOOD. 



MIGRATION WITHIN THE 

 EMPIRE. 



In the Nineteenth Century Sir Clement 

 Kinloch-Cooke, M.P., advances his plea for 

 migration, which he summarises thus : — 



That emigration be regarded as an Imperial and not as 

 a local problem. 



That emigration be considered in its social, economic, 

 and Imperial (defence) aspects. 



That as in the Dominions immigration is assisted and 

 under Government control, so in this country emigration 

 should also be assisted and brought under Government 

 control. 



That the assistance should include grants from the 

 Public Exchequer, shipping subsidies, loans to emigrants, 

 contributions for training- farms, and any other " en- 

 couragement " necessary for promoting migration within 

 the Empire. 



That rate-aided emigration be co-ordinated and 

 centralised, and all hindrances to the use of the rates for 

 the support of children and boys on training-farms in the 

 Dominions be removed. 



That an Imperial Board of Emigration be established 

 to take the place of the Emigrants' Information Office, 

 to which Board a Central Bureau should be attached. 



That the Dominion Governments give their sanction to 

 Imperial Labour Exchanges. 



That the Dominion Governments be invited to considei 

 the question of greater continuity in their emigration 

 policies, and be asked to institute a system of loans to 

 be worked in conjunction with a similar system in this 

 country. 



That the Australian States, as far as possible, should 

 arrange their shipping accommodation through the 

 Federal Government, and that between the States in 

 Australia and the Commonwealth Government closer 

 communion be established on all matters relating to 

 emigration. 



That the approved voluntary societies be co-ordinated 

 as far as possible, and their work upified with the Board 

 of Emigration. 



HEARTS ACROSS THE SEA. 



Allen Green's article in The Sunday at Home 

 will be received with joy by all who have friends 

 and relations abroad. It describes the Christ- 

 mas Day of our kith and kin under the flag in 

 many of the earth's strange places. One thing 

 interferes a little with the universal expression of 

 the Christmas spirit in some of these out-of-the- 

 way corners. It is troubling to remember that 

 there are parts of the Empire where it is ninety- 

 five degrees Fahrenheit at Christmas, and light 

 until nine o'clock in the evening. Why, here 

 they are in cricketing flannels on an Australian 

 Christmas Day and in New Zealand enjoying a 

 picnic under the blazing sun ! Here are some of 

 the Empire's Scouts having their camp at this 

 time of the year; and at the Cape the summer is 

 at its height, and in the up-country of South 

 Africa the veldt is green. 



THE WHITE-HANDED EMIGRANT. 



In the December London Magazine S. L. 

 Bensusan gives some useful advice to those 

 wishing to try their luck in Canada. The dif- 

 ferent forms of employment are gone over, and 

 the prospects and pay of several valuable new 

 openings discussed : — 



A small store of money and a good store of clothing 

 should be carried, the first in case of emergencies, the 

 second in view of the fact that Canadian prices are very 

 high, and that cheap clothing is dear at any price. Board 

 and lodging may be had for thirty shillings a week. 

 This is about the lowest figure, and it is not associated 

 with more than the necessities of life. E.xtras, of what- 

 ever kind, are costly in all parts of the Dominion, and 

 the British agents of the Canadian banks place the cost 

 of living for young bank clerks at about ^loo a year. 

 Living is cheaper in the east than in the west, but em- 

 ployment is more difficult to find. If it were not for the 

 awakening west, with its huge potentialities, the " white- 

 handed " would be well advised to stay at home. A few 

 years ago the young Englishman who had mastered no 

 form of manual labour would have had but a small 

 chance of finding employment, but to-day towns are 

 springing up every week in the west, and every town 

 comes into being with the fi.xed intent of becoming the 

 chief city of its province. 



GOLF STORIES. 



In the Windsor Magazine Mr. Laurence 

 North contributes " legends of the links." 

 He says that on the course and in the club- 

 room the legend is in full swing. He tells 

 several good stories. Two may be cited here : 



Once upon a time, in a northern golfing city, the law 

 was administered by a Sheriff of great kindness of heart. 

 He had a favourite caddie, a sad poacher in his spare 

 hours. This worthy was known on the links by his 

 Christian name alone. One fine day, in Court, the Sheriff 

 sentenced a poacher — who failed to appear at the bar — to 

 five pounds or three months. A warrant was at once 

 made out for the culprit's arrest, the Court rose, and the 

 SherilT went to golf. All that afternoon the caddie 

 carried for him. As they drew near the last hole, a 

 policeman appeared and seized the body of the caddie. 

 " My hat ! " cried the Sheriff, "are you the poor chap I 

 sentenced this morning?" It was even so. Sorrowfully 

 the prisoner departed. 



The Sheriff was heard to murmur: "If I had only 



known " Then, remembering his high legal office, he 



left the remark unfinished. 



Next day, to everybody's surprise, the caddie was 

 carrying again. As he did not possess five pounds in the 

 world, his release caused some speculation at the club. 

 But the general surmise as to who had paid the fine came 

 pretty near the mark. It was noticed, too, that from that 

 day the caddie gave up poaching. 



The caddie's chastening influence on the conceit of 

 players has numberless anecdotal examples. One of the 

 best of these is the following : — 



"What sort of game does'Afr. Jones play?" 



"He canna play nane." 



" I'm going out with him to-morrow. I suppose I shall 

 beat him." 



" Na, ye will no/." 



