CO129-590-11 Commission of Enquiry into irregularities in Immigration Departments 22-4-1941 - 19-12-1941 — Page 137

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I am very surprised to hear that because I certainly drafted long before the offices were opened on the 17th November a notice which

was, besides being published in the press, Chinese press certainly,

was despatched to every shipping company, boarding house, hotel,

and copies were posted on the railway stations to attract attention

to the fact that if persons entered the Colony after the 17th

December without having our permit in their possession they would be

subject to a great deal of inconvenience.

Perhaps at your convenience you could verify these dates.

I certainly shall I have a whole heap of these notices.

Mr. Drummond & Had the shipping companies received notification to this

effect lon before that date it would have been circulated to all the

coast ports.

adjourned to 2.30 p.m.