“NOT GIPSIES”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 716, 16 July 1929, Page 13

“NOT GIPSIES”

DUSKY FAMILY STILL 0& SHIP ■% MAY HAVE TO RETURN The dusky, gaily-arrayed Xury family, who arrived by the Niagara yesterday, was still on the boat at 2 o’clock this afternoon. Unless a message arrives from Wellington they will not be allowed to land in New Zealand and will have to sail by the Niagara for Sydney this evening. v.v are not gipsies—we are rican citizens.” stoutly declared; .iVt.er Xury. the spokesman for Hi* objected strongly to the use of ; v.ord. However, the Xurys are )■•-: b; of Creek origin, though none of )., has seen that land. i ; they are anxiously awaiting ;■■■ .-'■■•■‘hiii to land, but this may be "used by the Immigration Office. I .or evening the Customs authorities kland communicated with Welling, on, but no reply had been received at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The Xury family are working their; way to England, they told a Sun rep- < resentative. They had hoped to stay ! in New Zealand awhile, then in Australia, finally taking a boat from there to England. There is a chance, however, that they will be passengers on the Niagara when she returns to Vancouver, as the Australian immigration laws are stricter than those of the Dominion. “My sons are all good motor mechanics,” Mr. Xury declared, when he was asked what work they would do. New Zealand had an experience of another family similar to that on the Niagara, and it seems that this time the authorities will be more strict than they were then. The Xury family joined the Niagara at Honolulu. One of the women is very ill and may have to leave the ship to undergo medical treatment.