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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5491, 23 October 1929, Page 2

The total of 11,811 deaths registered during 1928 was 198 more than the figure for 1927. Increased prevalence of such diseases as scarlet fever, diphtheria, and influenza contributed towards the higher total recorded. The death rate reflects to a minor extent the rise in the total deaths, the figures for 1927 and 1928 being 8.45 and 8.49 per 1000 of mean population respectively. On and after November 1, Germans and Austro-Hungarians will be permitted to visit and reside in Western Samoa. The civil disability which was passed under the Samoan Immigration Consolidated Order of 1924 enacted that Germans who were within the bounds of the German Empire in Europe on the outbreak of the war were prohibited from landing in Samoa except with a license from the Administrator, a similar ban being placed on Austro-Hungarians. The restriction also applied to ex-enemy, subjects whose fathers came within the terms of the order. A further disability made them subject to deportation orders merely on the grounds of their nationality, and European residence on the outbreak of the war. The removal of the restrictions is announced by an Order-in-Council which was recently issued. >