THE IMMIGRANT.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 211, 5 September 1924, Page 9

THE IMMIGRANT.

(To tbe Editor.) . Sir,—Having been an immigrant of fifteen years standing, I wish to ally myself with the utterances of Mr. Luker at the Rotary Club recently. Mr. Luker's allusion to the chilly welcome to new arrivals is timely, and to my mind it is the chief factor of the immigrant's discomfort latterly, and greatly impairs his primary outlook. Mr. Roy, of the British Isles Club, in an article in the "Star" of the 27th ultimo, deplores the "lack of finance and public apathy in these matters," but I read with no considerable amount of alarm that there are about 100 colonial-born united in this club. It fills mc with perturbation, having in view the antiBritish feeling openly expressed and unconcealed by the colonial-born. May I venture to say that if the entrance fee and annual subscription to the club were brought within the reach of the immigrant, financial worries might be somewhat alleviated and public apathy would do away, giving place to that ardent support which would bring to pass fully the aims of the club. To continually carp and adopt a censorious attitude to everyone from overseas will surely react in the country's progression and can only promote discordance where concord should prevail. —I am, etc. PERCY WARD.