PASSPORT AND EXTRADITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17112, 18 March 1919, Page 9

PASSPORT AND EXTRADITION.

Sir—Now that the sheep-dip case is over,' permit me to express my astonishment at the fact that Harrison was aWe to obtain a passport and a permit to leave New Zealand. No doubt many readers have gone through what m»y be called " tho passport trouble. In my case it took nearly two months to procure a passport. It involved sundry letters to Wellington, a special medical certificate, signing a declaration, answering aLI kinds of personal questions before a postmaster, and a police visit to my house, when I had to answer all the same questions over again. My wife was questioned by the policeman as to her willingness to allow me to go. A detective visited an old personal friend whose name I had given in as a reference. I had been in New Zealand for nearly 32 years, had been employed by an Auckland firm for 26 years. Then how did Harrison get through ? I noticed in the Supplementary Estimates of last session aJi item of £987, Harrison extradition costs. It would be interesting to know how this amount was made up, and also how much he has cost tho country since. And all through being able to get his passport! AD AN AC.