FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS
- NATIONALISATION LAW RELAXATION NOT FAVOURED (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 6. The lessening of the residence qualification which must be possessed by desirable foreign subjects settling in New Zealand under permits before being able to obtain British nationalisation, was suggested by a deputation to the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr W. Parry) to-day, but it was not received with favour. Mr Parry said that the Government considered that the present law was justified in the requirements it met The law provided that the residential qualifying period should be five years in a British territory, one year of which was required to be spent in the country of adoption. It was a big thing to be under the British Flag, and the price to pay for that citizenship was not severe, but, necessarily, it should be rigidly imposed.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23828, 7 June 1939, Page 7
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140FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS Otago Daily Times, Issue 23828, 7 June 1939, Page 7
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