CHINESE FRUITERERS.
TO THE EDITOR, Sir. —“Soldier’s Sister” strikes the right note in her letter in your issue of Saturday last. Why should tho Chinese get a good living in our city while a largo j number of local men are unemployed, in- j chiding some returned .soldiers? We can- | not blame the Government altogether for j allowing these Asiatics in, but we must | blanio the public who encourage them by buying from them instead of our own countrymen. We were well served before by the white men in_t.be fruit business, so why not still patronise them? _Wo often | hear that our boys fought for liberty and freedom. Ares, but for whom? There are quite a number of returned men in business in Dunedin, and their places are not far to seek; so I hope that in future our citizens, who pride themselves in being patriotic, will give these men a shaaxy of their custom. Buying a poppy is showing j out appreciation to tho boys who fought j and died for us; but Ist us show oar j gratitude not only one day, but all tho year round.—l am, etc., A Pateiot. April 24.
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Evening Star, Issue 17953, 26 April 1922, Page 2
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195CHINESE FRUITERERS. Evening Star, Issue 17953, 26 April 1922, Page 2
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