Pitcairn Island A "Closed
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District"
A RECENT regulation issued by the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific proclaims Pitcairn Island to be a “closed district’’ and provides that “no person shall land from any vessel or aircraft without a permit”. Exception is granted in the following cases: (1) Permanent residents. (2) Government Officers. (3) Crew and passengers of vis iting liners (having first received per mission from the Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Is.) for a period not exceeding 12 hours. The regulation provides severe penalties for breaches of its clauses.
Mr. J. M. Wilson, Comptroller of Customs in Fiji, sailed from Suva for England on furlough by the “Aorangi” recently. At the completion of his leave he will retire, having been in the Fiji Civil Service for 43 years.