ENEMY ALIENS

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21371, 15 March 1941, Page 11

ENEMY ALIENS

ARRIVALS IN DOMINION OVER 400 LAST YEAR Since January 1, 1933, at least 859 enemy aliens of the German race have arrived in New Zealand, this figure including the 423 who arrived during 1939-40. These figures have been obtained from the official figures of the Government Census and Statistics Department. Prior to 1938-39 the average number of Germans arriving in New Zealand yearly to seek a home here was 37. In 1938-39 251 arrived and last year 423 were admitted. There were 1559 foreigners admitted into New Zealand last year. Italian migrants last year did not exceed the normal yearly average of 16. The year before there were 29. From a yearly of one newcomer, which increased to three in 1938-39, the number of intending settlers from Czecho-Slovakia rose to 102 in 1939-40. Yugoslavs, who averaged 58 arrivals yearly over a period of years, numbered 173 in 1938- and 85 last year. Hungarians, who had a previous average of one arrival annually, numbered 45 last year. Large Numbers of Chinese Other immigrants in the year 1939- were four Norwegians, 23 Danes, 29 Poles, 39 Swiss, 16 Dutchmen, one Belgian (the first for seven years), 10 Frenchmen and 38 Americans. There were six Japanese and 680 Chinese The previous year’s figure for Cninese was 127 and the average before that 41 yearly. About 96 per cent were admitted only on temporary permits or were Chinese residents of the Dominion returning- from a lengthy absence abroad. More than half the foreign immigrants were women. This applied particularly to those from Germany and Yugoslavia.