RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL
CUSTOMS AND MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Recently there have been complaints made about the delay caused to passengers on ships arriving in New Zealand by tho time taken in the examination of passengers by the Customs and Public Health authorities. Inquiries made in official circles indicate that there is no undue delay caused by tho Customs examination. which- is' very necessary to prevent the entry of undesirables into the Dominion.
In regard to the health examination, the Director-General of Health, referring to Mr John Fuller’s criticisms, says it is considered necessary that the present modical inspection should he in all cases. He points out that although the majority of immigrants arrive on direct steamers, there dre many people from abroad who come on other steamers with a view to settling in New Zealand. They come from the side of the world via Australia, and it is very much better that passengers should be detained for nn hour or so for medical inspection than that diseases should be permitted to enter New Zealand through fear of inconveniencing a few people for a comparatively short time.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12185, 9 July 1925, Page 9
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185RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12185, 9 July 1925, Page 9
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