A PASSPORT MATTER
(Br TELEQKAfH.—ritESS ASSOCIATION.)
AUCKLAND, This Day,
The increase from-two dollars to ten dollars in the charge for the vise of the passports of all British passengers travelling to the United States or Canada, via Honolulu, which was recently notified by the Department of State at Washington, will come into effect, with the sailing of the Tahiti to-morrow. The charge, which at the present rate of exchange' amounts to about £2 10s per passenger, will mean something like £1000 per ship. Many paEsengers declare they would much prefer to remain on board ship during the stay at Honolulu, but the charge is imposed irrespective of whether they wish to land or not. Protests have been made to the American Consul-General by the Union Company, and by* the Canadian Trade Commissioner (Sir- Eeddoe), against the new regulation. Mr- Beddoe hap also communicated with the Minister ioi Iotsm&l Affaire,
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 23, 27 July 1920, Page 7
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149A PASSPORT MATTER Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 23, 27 July 1920, Page 7
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