AN IMMIGRATION STORY.
Since the troubles in California over the admission of Japanese many varieties of Japanese ingenuity have been discovered to enable would-be visitors to the United States to effect
an entry in spite of the immigration law which bars them. An amusing j—Jreident at Port Townshend has, however, provided a fresh experience for the immigration officials. The. steamer Oamfa arrived from Japan, and all the passengers were supposed to have landed. The work of fumigation was being proceeded with in order to ensure the healthy condition of the steamer, when an official standing near six packing cases, labelled "Merchandise, with care," was surprised to hear the sound of repeated sneezing. Unable to locate the origin of the sound, he examined the cases more carefully, and discovered that the noise came from within these packages. On breaking the cases open it was found that each contained a Japanese geisha, whose accommodation, though limited, had been arranged to the best advantage, with stores of food and water ingeniously located within reach. The girls were ordered to be deported, and the steamship company took them back to Japan.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8488, 16 July 1907, Page 3
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187AN IMMIGRATION STORY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8488, 16 July 1907, Page 3
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