HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE
ERRONEOUS CRITICISM. "I feel that there are very frequently incorrect statements made about the office of the New Zealand High Commissioner in London." said Mr. H. C. Cameron, late officer in charge of immigration, who arrived in Auckland this morning by the steamer Ruahine. "For instance, there appeared lately in a NewZealand newspaper that I got at Panama a report of an address given by one of I the candidates at the late general election, in w-bich the -candidate referred to the High Commissioner's office as being 'full of London clerks.' The i man who made that statement should | have known better. As a matter of fact, ] more than one-fourth of those engaged in the High Commissioner's office are New Zealanders, with a knowledge of I the Dominion and its requirements. And moreover, many of those New Zea- j landers occupy leading positions on the staff." ' " {
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 75, 28 March 1923, Page 8
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