NATURALIZATION.
The question of a uniform natiwa-liza-tiom law throughout the Empire occupied a. prominent position in .Hie di.s--oiiSEJlwis d' the ImpcriiiT Conference last year. The Gdtanial Office lias- now transmitted to itflio Gnvemmer.its tof the Overseas Dominions tor consideration the draft of a measure designed to> aneet the tsitwation.. Tliy irivm provisions are that naturalisation cif aliens as British subjects shall be conditional ion five years' continuous 'residence within (territory under His Majesty's .ancgiainec. &b& character, hud an adequate .lniftw'ledge of the Engjlisih laagtuage (or of any other Hangiuage recognised in any domimow a& on 'an. equality with (English). In addition: The uplica'wt.. for naturalizatfon. must afeo take tiro Oath of Alleginaico. It- ifi provided that the law shall become operative in each of the sclf-ppvcrnimg <lcm;ini:ons only after the local legislatures have adopted it. The right to be called a British subject applies to everyone who was horn vithjiu. This. lYßajesty's allcgian.ee, or who, at birth.. Was the child IWf a British t-uhjeet on tlie paternal s-idff, whether in foreign fa- territorial' waters.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10622, 30 April 1912, Page 4
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174NATURALIZATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10622, 30 April 1912, Page 4
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