IMPERIAL SOLDIER IMMIGRANTS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 265, 7 November 1919, Page 10

IMPERIAL SOLDIER IMMIGRANTS.

i (To the Editor.) Sir,—l don't think Mr. Turner, in his heart, is quite satisfied with the prospect for Imperial soldiers in New Zealand. The fact of the matter is, the Imperial soldier is better off at Home than enii--1 grating to New Zealand at the moment. Wages' are just as good at Home, al--1 though I grant the cost of living is more, but one must take into account that a man could buy a four or five-roomed ; house for the price he would have to pay for a decent piano in thie country. Bents, furniture, clothes, everything* except food more than counter-balances the latter. For the man with money he can 1 buy land cheaper than in New Zealand. My advice to the Imperial soldier is to 1 stay where he is until the Government of Xew Zealand wakes up to business. The Government wastes far too much ; time in trivialities. Immigration is essential to the well-being of New Zealand. Let us wake up to the fact, but dorS't let us forget at .the moment the hardships soldiers have undergone during ' the past five years. They need rest from ; worry, and it is unfair to bring them here unless the Government can offer , them a job and decent housing accommo- ! dation. The Government can offer ' neither of these two essentials for a long time to come, so let the Imperial man . stay where he is.—l am etc., J SYMPATHETIC SOLDIER. ! I