PERMITS TO LEAVE NEW ZEALAND

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23798, 18 November 1942, Page 4

PERMITS TO LEAVE NEW ZEALAND

* MINISTER EXPLAINS POLICY (P.A.) AUCKLAND, November 17. A rearrangement of the conditions under which permits to leave the Dominion were issued was announced by the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. W. E. Parry) to-day. Many Australians had come to the Dominion under permits from the * Commonwealth Government, said the Minister, and these permits could be endorsed for return within six months. Such applicants included a large proportion of businessmen here for war production 'purposes. Other cases were those where persons found the New Zealand climate unsuitable and were recommended by doctors to proceed to the warmer Australian climate. Permits were readily granted on production of medical certificates. Permits were also issued in special cases to persons in New Zealand with property interests in Australia requiring urgent attention, or when relative: in Australia were dangerously ill. Australian-born wives of New Zealand men on military service, many of whom found it necessary to return to live with their parents in Australia, were also issued permits, Mr Parry concluded that the Government's policy under the travel restrictions was to meet cases of outstanding merit, particularly where great hardship would arise from refusing permits to leave the Dominion.