Race relations
Sir,—Once, at . Lyttelton, aboard a British India Line cargo vessel, a Goanese chief steward summarised shipboard harmony. He said: “I am a Roman Catholic and dark skinned. Our captain is a fair-skinned Presbyterian Scot. Aboard we have Muslims, a Hindu, a Buddhist, and perhaps an agnostic or atheist or two. Who cares? We dwell in continuous, relative harmony, apart from a mild, rare personality difference. Let one ‘stirrer’ (sea lawyer) come amongst us and we would soon be at loggerheads.” Older seafarers know that, afloat or ashore, this is so true. Gullible Kiwis might well heed what is happening today in our lovely country. — Yours, etc., JOHN LESLIE. September 7, 1988.
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Press, 12 September 1988, Page 16
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