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Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1922, Page 4

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The Colonial Office states in a recent report tint 91- lr > immigrants entered i’iilesline I- -i .teat. U may be noted

that intmi ;. a; da >s .still limited t< persons 1* r■ j. : p ’..nhia the followin', cutegorh-s: ’! cuvi ll* i • v lit: do 110 L in tend I,i> remain in ! dies l ino for a petiod exceed i n.!. r , thee inoii! Its : persons of in- | dependent mean; who intend to take np permaiC'Ufc le-dowe 1 ' in lkoVsline; ] meiiihers of professions who intend to , fellow tlicir ealfinos; wires, children.! and. otliei persons wholly dependent en residents in Palestine: persons who have deliniie prespeei« of employment with speeded tonpluver.s o,- enterprises ; ] ersons of rtuiric.us oecupalioiis, inclmiin.' the (lass (;f dews who have eome to [o •’•■stine in recent years from re|i;;ie"s motives, and who call show that they have mean; of main-, tenanee (here; and returning residents. | .Moslem iiiliahitants iif I‘aloStine appear to he perlouhed over the prospect of an “invasion.” and have placed their views before the Colonial Secretary. In reply to the deputation, ?.Ir Winston Churchill declared that there could he no question of the British Coveriitnc-rt repudiating the obligations it bad undertaken toward the Jewish people. But adequate safeguards would he provided in the interests of the non-Jew-ish population so that their rights! would not lie prejudiced hv the establishment of the National Home for tho Jews.