PASSENGER HELD UP
l FOR MEDICAL TEST AUSTRALIAN POLICY ( (Received January 15, noon.) , SYDNEY, This Day. ( An Englishwoman, married to an Australian, who arrived in Sydney with her husband and son on the Or- ' monde, was allowed to land only after ! she had established that she was not suffering from tuberculosis. When the ship reached Fremantle, she was not permitted to land, was told that her case would be reviewed when she reached Sydney. A doctor who yesterday examined the woman said there was no trace of tuberculosis, and later the woman was permitted to leave the ship. The woman's husband was obliged to pay specialists' fees. The Minister of the Interior (the Hon. T. Paterson), questioned at Melbourne, said he had no official knowledge of the case. When asked whether it was the general policy that no person suspected of being tubercular would be permitted to land in Australia, he replied: "We cannot permit tubercular migrants to land. We want only healthy and sound stock." It was then pointed out to Mr. Paterson that the woman was a visitor, not a migrant. He replied that he would : prefer to make no comment.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 12, 15 January 1937, Page 9
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