POSITION IN BRITAIN.
Received Thursdtvy, / p.m. LOX'do.X, Dec. 4. British shipping compianics operntiug to Xew Zealand have agreed that, until such time as passages have been secured for all Xew Zealanders who were' stranded in Britain during the war years^ a proportion of the aecoiiimodalion a\ailable on each vessel leiiving • Bri.taiH-x.tor X iwv Zeala-nd shmild. be set aside for allocation by the Xew Zealand Higli ( 'onimissioner 's Oflice. It has been stipulated, however, that ihe only [lersons who may be added toi the present vaiting list at Xew Zea-I land House should be Xew Zealand! Inisiiiessnien who have come to Britain on niissions sponsored by tiie Xew Zealand Soveniment. As a result there is uow no means ny which priority trans[yort cau be secured for ordinary [iassengers rhrough Xew Zealand Jlouse, and it is, tlierefore, being suggcsted to [irospective passengers, who are not 011 sponsored visits or wliose names are not already 011 the Xew Zealand House waiting list, that they should make their arrangeiiients directly with the shipping conipuuies. By arrangement with the Ministry of, Transporl tlie coinpanies have now resumeil control of the allocation of passages 011 their iiwn vessels.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1946, Page 5
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