N.Z. NATURALISATION LAW THOUGHT DISCRIMINATORY
(New Zealand Press Association)
INVERCARGILL, April 29. Not all non-British settlers , , _ , would offer themselves for naturalisation, as they could not obtain fuU New Zealand citizenship, said x z-a Mr D. R. Rmckes, at an afterchurch gathering at Invercargill last night. In naturalisation, said Mr Rinckes, foreigners had to give up
their own otherwise inalienable nationality in exchange for a New Zealand citizenship which could b e re y O ked in certain circumstances by the Government. Persons who were subsequently deprived of their citizenship become stateless persons, said Mr Rinckes. There were already many persons in Europe who for various reasons had become stateless, and
they were one of the main problems of the United Nations. Mr Rinckes’s statement was prompted by a remark of the Mayor (Mr A. L. Adamson), who had said that he had noticed a sense of frustration among Dutch and other non-British participants at naturalisation ceremonies, l Although he was sure that neither the present Government nor any government immediately in view was likely to begin wholesale withdrawal of citizenship, continued Mr Rinckes, the threat remained. . The matter had been brought up several times by different church and women’s organisations but although the Government was said to be investigating, no action had been taken, he added. Mr Rinckes was supported to-
day by the Rev. A. Everts, a former minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Holland, and now a minister of the Presbyterian Church for non-British new settlers in Otago, Southland, and South Canterbury. Mr Everts said he thought New Zealand discriminated to some extent against its alien immigrants in this matter. The Government was careful in its granting of entry permits in the first place, and he thought that the additional screening given citizenship applicants after their five years in the country should be quite sufficient for permanent naturalisation to be awarded. It was felt as a sort of “secondclass citizenship,” said Mr Everts.
National Savings.—One hundred and twenty,thousand investors in Post Office National Savings are, it seems, not greatly interested in money. Since 1940, the inception of the scheme, some 340,000 accounts have been opened. But out of these, 120,000 National Savings books have- never been sent in for interest. June 30 •is the normal date for sending in
National Savings books for interest, but the Post Office wants to get right away the 120,000 books which have never been sent in for interest. This is so that a final check can be made before early records of deposits are destroyed, and the interest can be put in the books.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28264, 30 April 1957, Page 15
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