NEW ZEALAND AND MIGRANTS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND
(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. There was no reason why immigrants from other parts of Britain should not be as good foi’ the mills and workshops in New Zealand as those from Northern Ireland, said Mr A. H. Crowther, managing director of a Lancashire cotton mill, in Christchurch today. Mr Crowther said that he took exception to the statement by Mr C. J. Hay, chief selection officer of New Zealand’s immigration service, that immigrants from Northern Ireland were head and shoulders above those from Britain in ability.
Describing Mr Hay’s remarks as “tommy rot,” Mr Crowther said there might be some justification if he was speaking from the point of view of farming, but British operatives at mills and workshops were certainly not less efficient than those from Northern Ireland.
“While at Hanmer Springs I met several people from Britain, who know the position in England and who resented Mr Hay’s remarks,” he said. “Statements like the one he made do not help the position at all. They only serve to embitter the British.” ___________
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 March 1948, Page 2
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