Naturalisation of NG
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Aliens
ALIENS, resident in New Guinea, are now eligible for naturalisation under the Commonwealth Nationalisation Act, 1920-46. Pre-war, when the Territory was administered as a League of Nations Mandate, this was not possible. To obtain British nationality then it was necessary for aliens to take uo residence in Aus tralia for the requisite number of years, which, of course, precluded most of them from becoming British subjects.
Intending applicants for naturalisation should obtain instructions and the neces sary form from the Government Secr etary, Port Moresby. Notification of their intention to apply for naturalisation will appear in the Papua-New Guinea Gov ernment Gazette and, when all formal ities are completed, it will be necessary to pay a fee of £5.
Among guests at the Royal weddings in Tonga were 50 Samoans, who travelled there in early June by plane and by the “Matua”.
Additions to the coastal and inter island fleet in Samoan waters are the “Mania-Tele”, which belongs to the natives of Manua, American Samoa; and “Wairuru”, the new motor vessel which recentlv arrived in Apia from Auckland for O. F. Nelson and Co., Ltd.