BAN AGAINST GERMANS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18630, 11 February 1924, Page 9

BAN AGAINST GERMANS.

SAMOAN RESTRICTIONS. NEW ZEALAND LAW ADOPTED POLL TAX ON CHINESE. Regulations for the control of immigration into Samoa have been gazetted. They pro vide, for the application to Samoa of Part I. of the Immigration Restriction Act, 1920, which provides that persons not of British birth and parentage may not enter New Zealand—nor, now, Samoa without a permit, for which application must be made by letter forwarded by post from the place in which the applicant has resided for at least one year.

There is a special provision in respect of persons who were born, or whose fathers were born, within the pre-war limits of the German Empire in Europe, or of the Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. They may not enter Samoa without a license from the Administrator, and' if challenged, the immigrant has to prove that the ban does not apply. Upon various specified grounds, the Administrator may order the exclusion of a prospective immigrant or deport him if he evades the prohibition. On similar grounds, which include disaffection, disloyalty, German origin, and vagrancy, a temporary resident may be banished, and if he refuses to leave, deported. There are special provisions in respect of Chinese, who must pass a reading test in English and pay a poll tax of £100. This does not apply to Chinese officials, or to Chinese returning to Samoa, or to labourers under contract. Labourers whose term of service has expired may be compulsorily repatriated.