PERMITS REFUSED.
WOMEN WHO WISH TO LEAVE. (Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, July 28. “In war time the. country must keep its people intact,” said the Minister for Internal Affairs (the Hon. W. E. Parry) when referring to the disappointment expressed by a (number of people whose applications for permits to leave New Zealand had been declined. “Many young women married to men in the l Expeditionary Force and thie' Air Force have shown .a great desire, quite understandably, to be near their husbands in England,” the Minister said. “We have had some sad personal appeals to hear. In declining them, the Government can only say that dispatches of the United Kingdom Government make it clear that in the interests of the women themselves they should remain in their own country'.” The Minister said his. department was working in concert with the manpower department regarding applications from men. wishing to go to Australia or further 'abroad. The departments were mot recommending the issue of permits to men of military age. Applications from men unfit for military service, or over the stipulated age, were being dealt with on their merits.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 249, 29 July 1940, Page 7
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