RED TAPE AND THE MALOLO
(To the Editor.) ■ Sir,—lt was with amusement I read your report of the complaints of the passengers and officers of the Malolo concerning the unnecessary' regulations. Perhaps those responsible for the red tape arc not equipped with short memories, for it is not so very many months ago that one read of the treatment and hardships suffered by British tourists travelling through America at the hands of the American authorities. One read that these travellers of both sexes were compelled to live in disgraceful, conditions,. and were herded together with no conveniences, pending the verification of papers and passports, etc. The American tourists apparently, do not like their own medicine. As regards their spending a supposed £10,000 in New Zealand in five days, which, by the way, I should imagine was a record, what about the thousands of pounds that go inter Am erica annually from this fair land in return for American manufactures. One hates to discuss visitors, but on the other hand their complaints certainly show a poor spirit. Why should they not comply with our regulations as well as."immigrant ships," or is it a case of "one law for the rich and another law .for the poor"?—I am, etc., • ' LEX SCRIPTA.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 135, 5 December 1930, Page 15
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209RED TAPE AND THE MALOLO Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 135, 5 December 1930, Page 15
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