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Pacific Islands Monthly, 17 February 1945Vol. XV, No. 7

Unnecessary

p. 25 · Read in the full issue

Deposit To Enter Nz Now

From Our Own Correspondent rpHE Administration of W. Samoa X announced in October that the deposit of £5O, formerly imposed on residents of the Territory who wished to enter New Zealand, has now been abolished.

The Hon. A. Stowers repeatedly lodged protests against these payments from travellers to the Dominion, which had the effect of putting Western Samoa in the same category as a foreign country.

Several members of the staff of the Bank of New South Wales in Suva, Fiji, have recently left the Colony. Among them is Mr. G. R. Jefferson. He held the position of accountant since his arrival in Fiji in May, 1941. He will be missed in Suva—particularly by members of the Suva Tennis Club.