Criticism Of New Zealand
Sir.—ln reply to the criticism of New Zealand contained in the cable news in the Evening Star, by the people who returned 'to Britain on the Rangitiki, I wish to give a little of the other side of the picture, .When applying .to New Zealand House in London for berths, everyone was warned emphatically about the housing shortage, and were told not to come to New Zealand until they could secure accommodation. Since I arrived here on August 23, I have met with nothing but kindness and a welcome to a new land. Of course, I think New Zealand wants workers, not landed gentry, as the squire-parson mentioned in the news seems to have been. As for there being as many eggs in Britain as the emigrants could get in New Zealand, the critics must have had a source of supply unknown to the ordinary Briton, as one each week was the best we could get, and we thought we were lucky. I think that these people should have given New Zealand a proper trial before rushing to the press with absurd stories. —Yours, etc., B. P. MACGREGOR. Greymouth, Sept. 25,
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 September 1947, Page 2
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