English woman to be deported

Press, 4 August 1977, Page 2

English woman to be deported

PA Timaru i A young English woman! who admitted entering New Zealand without an entry permit was ordered by Mr I. Hay, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Timaru yesterday to be deported. An alternative charge of remaining in New Zealand after her entry permit had expired was withdrawn. Elspeth Laura Beatson. aged 23, a manageress, of Lake Tekapo, pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal entry. Mr T. M. Gresson, for the Immigration Department, said that Beatson had been advised on two occasions that her entry permit would not be extended until after October 8. 1976, and she would be expected to 'eave New Zealand by that date. On October 7, 1976, she flew to Sydney, using her passport so that she would not show up as an overstayer. After a few days she returned to New Zealand,

[using the name, “Mrs Scott.” | Counsel (Mr C. K. Steven) said Beatson had come to New Zealand for a working holiday, and had found a job as manageress of the reception centre at Lake Tekapo. She loved the place and was determined to stay, he said.

There was no other question of dishonesty, he said. She had paid tax under both names while in New Zealand. An application last week to the Minister of Immigration to allow her to stay had been declined, he said, and she now accepted that she had to leave New Zealand.

She was prepared to pay her own way home, and had made a tentative booking for Friday. The Magistrate questioned whether an adjournment of the case to allow her to make her own way home would be appropriate, but Mr Gresson said the department wanted her convicted.

and a deportation order made.

He said that it was probable that if she made an application for permanent residence from Britain, it would be viewed favourably, as she had paid her fare home and had co-operated with the department.

The department took the attitude that it was a serious deception — leaving the country then coming back under another name, Mr Gresson said.

The Magistrate said that in view of the pressure for a conviction from the department, he would enter one, although he felt an adjournment might have been more appropriate. “You were obviously foolish to have made your way back under another name,” the Magistrate told Beatson.

He convicted her and released her on bail pending deportation. She must report daily to the police.