INTERCOLONIAL TRAFFIC.
EMBARGO RELAXED. WELLINGTON, May 30. The following statement regarding the embargo on the intercolonial passenger service v,-as made bv the Minister of Health (the Hon. G. W. Russell) to-day:—"ln view of the arrival of the Manuka as a clean ship, which is regarded.as a, fair frit is intended to cable immediately to Australia ■ stating that a restricted passenger service may be resumed to cover not more than 50 passengers per each ship for the present. The first to be allowed to come will be soldiers and munition workers who are on their way back to the dominion, and who have been prevented frorn coming because of the embargo; also specially ne cessitous cases. This will apply to steamers leaving both Sydney and Melbourne,
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Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 9
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125INTERCOLONIAL TRAFFIC. Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 9
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