THROUGH THE QUARANTINE SIEVE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2192, 3 July 1914, Page 5

THROUGH THE QUARANTINE SIEVE

''■'..- ':■■ ■ ■»- . ■ . ; — ffl AIiSTIULIA'S g-HA.ttPOX. • SCAI.O. [BY SYIV.WS.j When nearii-ig Sj'dftey on the vojra-ge a-ttfoss tlio Ta smaii Sea from Welljirg-te-Hi passengers are ioforhied tliat tfre-re are- certain forma, to , -Ire obsei-vetj- owing to the prevalence <si sniallpox- Nasu.faHy there is a- geod deal of spe«iiktioii n..s io lrijat this iniglit- meaii, aj>'d Bft liiystefy is. partly Solved svheii thepWSM? hftn-ds out &> each ■ passenger a krm to ail in. Sw form is -as"- fol-l&iv-s:-^

"■QM-rai-ltiiifr sMJvKllfctice—Td th* Cll-ief O-oaratvUne Officdrj- State, of Nftw Ssttth Wales. 1 lioreby' request t-htft I .... m.ay Ire permitted to leave, tlie ■(.na.me; <sf etoa.nie.r) tujder (j-tfarantine surveiHaiice. and I hereby sindfertake to eoniplj with all tlie regulation? telatiHg te !jtis,raiitine sarreiflaoce. "My atoess svill fe .~, SigSature . « . . Date . . . ." will be sufficient if this tinfertat?ing is sgiied by tlte liead of the family Mi oases W-lierre'mere tha)t owe j-aem'ber of a foaiily desires to jeavd uwifif qTwraaWi'ie siffveHlaiice, and tvtee th»y arc fcss tljan 2-i .years of age, Every meiiiler o-f a- ;famfly ribdve--21 years of frg.© ttvusfc give a sep.aralc undertaking." "B-egnl»tioiis rojating to qMii-.v-an|in.e t3Wr\'« : ! , laiMi«'-i?. Any pefson release-l tt-ndel- :q;tiara-ijtiit? stovei-l-la-Me- shall iiiiWi'efeMj , oj-itlis jn. hiflisfeif of aii.y sj'japtvqts or -signs <>i ikeas© re* pert the facts, or cau?e tMin to be r-e----ptctod, to llie Qua-rimline Officar, or o-Hier persw to' whom ii;e : has lieen ■Sii-tetecl ta present Iriraself wider tlie piovjsioiVs $ tiie. lust pMeedifi.g regulation.

"20,'—Any person efin-tevoivhig aiiy-oi the roguMens r,o : kt|Kg to (fuaTanliue Biirv«il ; Jaij;;6 shall be liable, io the. .peiiaffcy fisvM' geiitwaHy for aii-5' breach ot these regii.igtbiis, awl $lial! also forfeit ■ail # the privileges mi tSclVailtafCe <sf release uniki (Hj&rßnMtjft siir'peUlaeee, afta nwjf 1w rontovecl. by' mf. fconstaMe oj; 4-uti : ipfi-Sejl perstKß tft a ctjl-a-ifawtifce fifcaMeu." , .'

Na.tiUrally o;(i board ftlfe in the forfla at once-.,, -anti \yten the- ; cloetfti' boaixts the vessri » Watson's my, ftiigers it ntoS'3 .Or le ; ss nervously as 1145 im'-u to pass Site do.etw draws- ntsar. Tlte ■ex-aittin-atiMi by. ik&V tfjfioiai is no tvxijniiniition a.t -s'Ti. , - Ho. siVs..on a fllVair la the 'sjftttbe-'tfloinii, ivhilst' the seeond stesvii.rci reads 6s. tlie of ttto as tiej pass. 'Wit-limit exceptem, frvc-rymje wiio- , -isvs sigßsd. tlife for© (aiwl foil have ttoie tbrtij fanay thai tlie-y aro ctt.teTiijg .into a'- soft of tend irttij fch& Gwerttniciit,. a«d that these arc ceUeetsd aiid hqjcl by tlie State as a gu.-itteito the na-nies andai <3icsseS of afrivitlsi No B'fteh. tningl Tiro ffledfeal o.ffidef, who 'hfl-rd|y loofe it asi.yonCj merely sees that all have' a form (te does not look at iW. s and tto instead of depositing tlie bond: theresud tbe'n, it is. ptieketod or tor-it Tip. fhett is m issfcrucfioii tk.t ; it lias, to lie kept at alt after Vnt, has. ivalkcj. ■past tlie doctor. l'<jrha.ps the syitoift cannot be. ealW farcical (tho.iig'h {?,, is vegardod as &i£Ch by 00- per cent; .>f the btti- of rtiat p-Fe«;tio!)l valite is, a paper signed cue day a.itd tarn up tlio .jiest. Mo-r-ally, it i-. a n«t)inise to Kjiort if ta-fcen ill. Wi*llj aSyotto tafcen" nafcnraft* <;ffl»sulfc a dsrtof, and tf it were s^si>eete^[ : tfctt tie eau-se of iifcr.Ks. was sn;.%l:l:pi3.s. thai doctor Would in the eourso 0-f ills dnttes notify the it-urfeori 1 ties Oii-.e ftfei.cfti iiote struct is tto filling iu -of the ad4-,es-5 wltfcli Ho one ueed knoff cx.ee.pt flic writer. If the fofnjs -ive-i* tept % ili(! ailtt.orifcfes for , a week ar two , ofto ciptjifi pefftoivo. some rtiSoit £of tlje isjire ot iihe for-ju, as it. wottid be a gai-i-f* i<r the- whereabouts of every.everHeft, fisitor. tot -tlicf fcrm- ,*f -ceftifiCttie is Tp.ftdfifcd -of no value b.v reason of its refflaiiiiflg in. the-possession of tl» }»p s(?a who rnakes it eut-**fF it is kept at all.

FfissenK-ers pjtoccccliing froni Ive?v ■fio.ut-h. Waios to Viptorift are aha sirtii ft -eflytififcat* -frWli thfe* siftn (aad kw;p), Weijiisteg to Jopoft if talscn ill \vMim rlays of leaving tle fteßscr 'Sia-te. This fornl ttfte ftletf fii by fii official on tte train., lyhe gave- the pit* <«r's adflress in New South- Wa-!es its 'Vx-.Nfc.ir Z'eaknd,'' awl fe Vktoiian address as ~ " ivifJieut taliing- the, trffuMo 'tn. ast.. -aii.y -yifssiicuts ihai -might givfi a more disJMte , rAlress. There, .ma.y. hi? sdtee liMcleil. virtue in -tvho systcuu hut it is eighty well tibsmted.