"A NEW ZEALANDER IN AMERICA."

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12480, 17 April 1906, Page 8

"A NEW ZEALANDER IN AMERICA."

TO THE EDITOR OF "THE I-JESS."

Sir, —If you will kintvy give in<J space, I -would like to say a few words '*; in rctgard. to an article, pro-ted in "Tho - Press." If *t__ haii'-hraiTied youth ? i; firom Napier, who is now making hJs ;"* living in America, would return to ■..* Zealand, "liis native soil," America ', would not be lc6ing a_tyt*_ints;, and "youth" would eland a better •bo pi-actfe. Jiis oliarrms on divorce sub. •?*' jects, ais that seems to be tin© heightjs"-,' of Itis ambition. There is a grefctAft*;- 1 * percentage of divorces in New accarding to tlio population, tl_HaS;«,'ir, Amaitica. I am sure that- only •-*s'"» < class of American girl- would toWp|!j|" '*' such a shallow youth. Since stoppingjjl •;. New Zealand far a few raomtha I Imfß,-..'; felt indignant many timee when re_di_g''>f some erroneous or -oaudalous article on »-> America or Amerioa-na. I can only ad- |gj vise New Zealand peqple; •to go to ■*_ Amariioa and find out for themselves .*£ how kind ,in-telectual, _c_pit_ile, and U courteous the Aimericalf peoplo aro.* r I know -wherocf I -peak wheat I'tsay that* | Now Zaalanders _'re treated far more *ij oivilly and oonjrteouely in America than ■« Americans aa© ia New Zealajud, nnd I -;S quite understand now* wliy there so few Amorikrajis residing in Now Zea- '• land.—Yours, «tc, * AN AMERICAN. 3