PASSENGERS’ PASSPORTS

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160712, 27 July 1920, Page 5

PASSENGERS’ PASSPORTS

ANT OBNOXIOUS CHARGE. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 27. An increase of from two dollars to ten dollars in the charge for the vise of passports of all British passengers travelling to the United States or Canada via Honolulu was recently notified by the Department of State of Washington, and will come into effect with the sailing of the Tahiti to-morrow. The charge, which at the present rate of exchange amounts to about £2 10s per passenger, will mean something like £IOOO per ship. Many passengers declare they would much prefer to remain off board the ship during their stay in Honolulu, but the charge is imposed irrespective of whether they wish to land or not. Protests have been made to the American Consul-General by the Union Company and by the Canadian Trade Commissioner, Mr A. Beddoe, against the new regulations. Mr Beddoe has also communicated with the Minister of Internal Affairs.