Samoa's Quarantine Laws
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Amended
THE NZ Government recently gazetted amendments to Samoa’s immigration and quarantine regulations.
Samoan Quarantine Amendment Order, 1941, gives the Chief Medical Officer at Apia wider powers concerning the fumi gation of Islands trading vessels, the emptying of water carafes on vessels, and generally ensuring that malaria-bearing mosquitoes are not carried into the Territory.
Under the Samoan Immigration Amend ment Order, 1941, visitors, who hitherto have been required to lodge a deposit up to £5O, or a return ticket to their port of embarkation, are now required to lodge a deposit of £250. These regulations cover voyagers in small schooners and cruising yachts in the same way as travellers in large ships.
Mr. J. Pedersen, well known in Fiji as manager of Millers Ltd., sawmillers, of Walu Bay, retired recently and re turned to New Zealand. He has made his home on one of his properties in the Dominion.
Mr. K. Gribben, formerly of Samarai, Papua, arrived at Wau, New Guinea, recently, to take up a position with W.
R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd.’s branch.