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Fijian Can Remain in Australia Two Years' Reprieve for Jacksons
lEORGE Jackson, whose Fijian name is Waqa Saqa, and whose unauthorised presence in Aus ilia caused an Immigration storm it November, has been given per ssion to stay in the Common alth for another two years, fackson works in a Sydney iron indry; he is married to a New bridean-Indian girl, born in Aus- Jia. It was alleged that he came o Australia as a stowaway and irried in 1949. Immigration icials did not catch up with him til June last year.
When he was to be deported.
DO people in East Sydney (where ‘ Jacksons live) signed a petition dng that he be allowed to re in, and three church leaders flew Canberra to plead his case.
Jackson says that he is training become a professional middle ight boxer. In the meantime he ends to remain a steward at the itral Methodist Mission and to itinue working at the iron ndry. n view of the numerous other ;ific Island people who became tims of the White Australia
policy in recent years, the general public is left to wonder what Jack son has that the others had not.