FIANCEES ASSISTED PASSAGES.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 18, 16 July 1920, Page 8

FIANCEES ASSISTED PASSAGES.

The date for receiving nominations for] assisted passages to N.Z. of the soldiers1! wives and soldiers' fiancees has been ex- ' tended by the Government until December | 31st, 1920. (Final date). Soldiers in the Dominion concerned 1 should therefore communicate with the Under-Secretary, Department of hm gration, Wellington, prior to 31st Dc«- ] ber, next. The payment by the soldier for the passago of his fiancee lias been fixed as fol-1 lows : — First class, £57 ; second class, ^ £39 ; third class (cabin with two -berths), 1 £15 ; third class (cabin with four herths), ] £13. Compared with current rates oi pa-ssage there is a reduction of at Jeast £26 per passage which is contributed by the N.Z. Government. Applicants for assisted passages must sign a eertificate declaring that the person J for whom a passage is claimed is the bona 1 fide fiancee of the applicant, such declara- 1 tion to be made by both contracting 1 parties. In the case of the fiancee the declarat-ion is to be delivered to the Eigb . J Commissioner, and in the case of the m ..j ier to the Immigration Office, Customtaa . il Qua-y, Wellington.