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1000 DUE WITHIN ONE MONTH (Hew Zealand Preis Association) WELLINGTON, January 18. More than 1000 fare-paying and assisted immigrants are due to arrive in New Zealand from Holland within the next month. This was announced to“ayby the immigration attache of the Netherlands Legation (Mr H De r "’ n) - ho added that more than 150 of New Zealand’s new citizens would oe flown across the Tasman from Sydney. Due at Wellington on February 1 is vessel Sibajak with 90" 1 immigrants, some of whom have paid their own tares The majority have received assisted passages On January 24 a K.L.M. Constella-
tion aircraft is due to arrive at Whenuapai with about 65 fare-payin» immigrants. A similar contingent ar rived last January. The Netherlands Government chartered the Norwegian vessel Skau* bryn, which left Holland on "IfnuaiT 5 for Sydney, where she is due February 7 with about 150 immigrate for onward passage to New ZealandThey will be flown across the Tasmaa in a series of air lifts by Tasman Au' wavs. , , “There are already 3600 Dutch imrr' • grants in New Zealand and they v getting on very well,” said Mr IJ Bruin. “Fewer than 10 have decio®" to go back to Holland."
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26633, 19 January 1952, Page 6
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