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•INFIRM OLD MAN REFUSED ADMISSION FROM AUSTRALIA’. By, Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. SYDNEY, March 16, An old ruan named Mclnnee, whew Was returned by the s.s.' Waikaxe, spates . that he was refused admission to New Zealand, but the ground - of refusal was not stated.MAN LIKELY. TO BECOME A CHARGE ON .CHARITY*
(Par Press Association.) - /WELLINGTON, last night*. With reference to the cable mesf- - sag# stating thatj\lclnnes, a passenger from Australia, was-refused permission to lantj in New Zealand, it 2 appears that the Health Officer at Wellington would not certify that ha Wag imbecile on insane, but' stated that he was inflrm7 and as he had only 4s 6d and did not know where his relatives .were,, ho Was likely, tgi become a charge on charitable aid.Acting on this, the Customs authori- - ties consulted tha law officers of the Crown, and refused the mam permission to land unless the Union Steam Ship .Company entered into a bond, ' , The matter is considered to be ofnuoh importance. ' ’
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1406, 17 March 1905, Page 2
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