FEDERAL POLICY.
STRINGENT IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION BILL. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, July 25. The Federal Immigration Restriction Bill prohibits the immigration of any person unable to write and sign a dictated passago of the English language ; anyone likely to become a chargo upon public institutions j idiots, lunatics, convicted criminals, or other objectionable characters, and sufferers from infectious diseases, undfir a penalty o£ six- monthaMniprisorj--' ment and deportment'. Masters, owners, and charterers of vessels landing prohibited persons are made liable for the immigrants failing to pass .tho education test, but if thought fit otherwise they may he admitted upon payment of JglOO. The , Bill does not apply to Pacific Island laborers.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 167, 26 July 1901, Page 2
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