THE HINDU MIGRATION.
rOBTY-TWO ARRXVTB TO-DAT 140 WAITIKG IN SUVA. A T-i-ppte of conrment ran ronr.d the vi-at«rfront -('his morning when a hij ba;tch of Hindus -w«rc se«ji sitting or r!ro rpdJ-r-.s of Vho. Hobaon Street whar) j.iAt β-fterr the ACua came in iron tiic Is^synds. A minor mystery atfac-hed to hht 1 arrival of this hmtch of Indian immigrants, who were a, l ! euccessfal ir ;»a:.«?ir.!r vhr education t«ots. a-nd were therefore yernvittfd to an-i ?c their respective «-ay» without mo-festa-tiun. Th-cre were 42 cf 'them all t->!d. j and some nr.ld comment was cau-sed T>v i t'if.' fact that the lc.n'' for ! t,;:r.se. coloured stat€-J that 1 liere wore 4.'3. iXobody saenrs 'to know I exactly where the mis&ir.or Lndian Las ; franc, but remarks were genera! that H I was quite enough to c-jm« over to Au\.-k-I land all in one detachment. I It was learned later that this mijraItion comprii-'es only a poTti'an of the full 1 number of Indians who are coming : across from Suva, for it stated thai many of thtrm havt , b«>n stnu-.d-ed tfcre for several imocfths, and no ki?3 than 140 of t)"ciß '.iTe still waiting to co-me a-.'ros* jto X<?w Zealand. I One Chinaanan was also >an-.te<i after !h« had l>e.?n successful in 'tihe education test.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 101, 29 April 1921, Page 2
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