“Chance” Immigrant
A chance meeting with a New Zealander on a Glasgow-bound bus brought Mr. Jimmy Kinnear to New Zealand under the’ Government-assisted settlement scheme Mr. Kinnear, who arrived by the Mataroa from Southampton, is to work as an electrician for the Ministry of Works at Trentham, where he will be in close touch with his friend. “I heard so much about New Zealand from my chance acquaintance that I made up my mind I’d have to settle here sooner or later, ’ said Mr. Kinnear, “and when the chance came I jumped at it.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22665, 16 June 1948, Page 3
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94“Chance” Immigrant Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22665, 16 June 1948, Page 3
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