AN IMMIGRATION ENQUIRY

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21577, 13 September 1935, Page 22

AN IMMIGRATION ENQUIRY

TO THE BSITOB OS THE VBSBS. Sir, —A lady friend of mine who has been a resident of Sydney for the last year wishes to return to New Zealand, but on applying for a passage she, was told that she would not be allowed to land unless she could produce a letter from someone in New Zealand, definitely promising her a situation on arrival The girl in question is of Irish origin, and is a domestic. I could arrange perhaps two or three weeks' work, but could not honestly say I could give her a permanent or even temporary situation. I would like to help my friend to get back to New Zealand, and wondered if there was any penalty attached to any letter of mine saying I could promise at least two to three weeks work. The girl is an honest worker, and has always borne a good character, and I am sure once she got back she would > have no bother about getting a job in New Zealand as a domestic. Would a letter promising two to three weeks' work fill the bill as regards releasing her on arrival in New Zealand, and would it contravene the laws if I sent it?— Yours, etc., PERPLEXED.

[Mr C. O. Trownson, Collector of Customs in Christchurch, stated that the woman in question was a restricted immigrant under the Immigration Amendment Act, 1931, and could be permitted to land only by permit of the Minister for Customs.]