ADMISSION TO WHARVES.
. Sir,— desire to draw public attention to the absurd way in which the War Regulations dealing with wharf passes are being administered. I was expecting- my • mother, who was travelling alone, by the Niagara, and desired to meet her and assist her with her luggage. For ought I knew she might have been one of the passengers laic low with influenza. I took a written request from a well-known firm of solicitors of this oity, and endeavoured to get a pass for the wharf. This being refused I saw one of our stipendiary magistrates, and he endorsed the request ana signed it. I presented the request again j but with the same result. As this guarantee by one of our stipendiary magistrates that I could be trusted on 1 tho wharf was insufficient for the Department. administering these regulations, an explanation should be given to the public on tho matter. It is obvious that Parliament never intended that the regulations should be worked in this farcical way. I Solicitor. 'i ■ ii i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16983, 17 October 1918, Page 7
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