TRAVEL IN WARTIME
FEW APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS | Pur 'Exited Pkess Association.] WELLINGTON, October 2. A decrease in the number cf applications for permits to leave New Zealand is reporto'l by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, who stated to-night that it was apparent New Zealanders were exercising sound judgment regarding travel in war time The merits of all claims for permits were thoroughly investigated, and there were difficulties where both men and women' were concerned. Some men wished to return to the Home Country after a short residence in New Zealand, but had been here long enough to be eligible for national service. Many women wished to join their husbands overseas, but the conditions in Britain precluded permits being granted.
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Evening Star, Issue 23697, 3 October 1940, Page 7
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121TRAVEL IN WARTIME Evening Star, Issue 23697, 3 October 1940, Page 7
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