AUSTRALIA'S IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION.
A REMARKABLE CASE. By Telegraph Association.—Copyrighfc ; Melbourne, May 6. TatitE is general indignation because th#' Customs authorities at Hobart refused to. allow a blind passenger to laud from thai steamer liuapehu until the shipping agents had deposited £100. The passenger is a well-known Glasgow manufacturer, who it'] touring the world with his daughter. The Prime Minister (Mr. Ileid) says h«t is annoyed over the incident. Some person in the Customs Department is a "consumniate ass," or the press has been griev* ouslr misinformed as to the circumstances.'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12860, 8 May 1905, Page 5
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