Immigration Ban
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Tongan Still Under Australian Immigration Ban
ALTHOUGH strong pleas have been made on behalf of the Tongan wife of Mr. Stewart Garrick of Perth, WA, the Australian Minister for Immi gration (Mr. Calwell) is adament, and says that, in accord with White Australia policy, she must leave Australia by Sentember. Mrs. Garrick, who is re lated to the Queen of Tonga, has two little girls—Joan (12) and Diana (8).
Stewart Garrick is a son of Dr. Rath Garrick, of Suva, and has spent much time in Fiji and the Polynesian islands.
Mr. and Mrs. Garrick passed through Sydney in 1946, on their way to India and Europe; but they were turned back by travel restrictions and went to live in Perth, where Dr. Garrick (who retired from active practice a couple of years ago) is now settled.
Friends still are protesting angrily that, if the Australian immigration laws have been held not to apply to Maoris, they equally should not apply to Tongans, who also are members of the Polynesian race.
Pan American Airways contemplate establishing an air parcels post service in the Pacific.