CITIZENSHIP BILL
NEW IRISH LEGISLATION. BRITISH SUBJECT TITLE ABOLISHED. (United Press Assn.— Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7.45 p.m.) London, November 5. The Government of the Irish Free State has issued the text of the Citizenship Bill under which the title of British subject is abolished in favour of “citizen of the Irish Free State, who, however, will be entitled to claim the privileges of British citizenship as long as the Free State is a member of the British Commonwealth. It is added that as long as Free State citizens enjoy the privileges of British citizenship outside the Free State, the Government in Dublin will undertake to provide all Empire citizens with similar privileges in the Free State. The Dublin correspondent of. . the News-Chronicle says that the Citizenship Bill created a surprise in Dublin where its implications are not yet fully understood.
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Southland Times, Issue 22472, 7 November 1934, Page 7
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140CITIZENSHIP BILL Southland Times, Issue 22472, 7 November 1934, Page 7
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