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Otago Witness, Issue 3995, 7 October 1930, Page 69

Steps which have to be taken by travellers who wish to be passengers on vessels leaving Australia were mentioned by Mr A. M'Nicol. of Dannevirke, who returned by the Maunganui. “Australia may not be one of the hardest places to get into at present,” Mr M’Nicol said, “ but it is certainly one of the hardest to get out of. Before a New Zealand passenger from London to the Dominion can obtain a ticket to New Zealand he has to visit the Federal taxation office in order to satisfy the department that he has earned no money in Australia. The measure has been introduced in order to obtain revenue from those who make part of their income in Australia, but it can Only be irritating to other passengers who are making Australia nothing more than a port of call.”