BORN IN N,Z.; REGISTERED CANADIAN
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wellington, june 10. . The first appliGatioii under reeent legislatiou for the j-egistration in New Zealand of a Canadian " child born abroad, was made this morning by t^e ' High Commissioner for Canada, Mr. A. H. Rive. The procedure, followed out today fbr the first time in Wellington, is necessi tated by the Canadian Citizen A(?t' which eame into force at the beginning of this year. But for this Act little Edith Jane le Feuvre Eive, who was bofp in Wellington on Thursday, woulo have had to ehter theland of her parents as an immigrant, Now she can go tp Canada whepever her parents Jefire, as a full Caimdiaji citizen. There may have been other births to CaiiaJian residents in New Zegignd sinee the Act eain.e into force but the High Commissioner certainly made history- by maldng the first applieation for the registratiea of his daughter.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 June 1947, Page 5
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