ASSISTANCE WANTED
«. BLEDISLOE'S MIGRATION PLAN REQUEST TO THAMES RESIDENT In connection with a scheme for aiding settlers. Lord Bledisloe, a former Governor-General of New Zealand, is seeking the names of persons who. came, to New Zealand from Gloucestershire or who are descended from residents of that tyHaving been advised of her address by her brother-in-law, Mr Joseph Baxter a former resident of Gloucestershire Lord Bledisloe has written to Mrs J. W. Baxter, of Thames. "IT you happen to know of any other settlers in New Zealand who or their forefathers, have come, out from I shall be glad to know their names, as> I have a little emigrant scheme I should like their help with," he says. " His scheme it was announced some months ago, was the 'setting up of a war memorial fund to assist soldiers and their descendants of the parishes of Lydney, where Lord Ble-* disloe lives-, and Aylburton, Gloucestershire who desire to migrate to New Zealand. Men who have served in this or the last war, and who have not sufficient means to pay the full cost of transport and meet initial expenses here, will be helped.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 26, 21 November 1944, Page 8
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191ASSISTANCE WANTED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 26, 21 November 1944, Page 8
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