A JAPANESE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
According to an exchange a Japanese commccial traveller is at present touring the West Coast of the South Island, Naturally the doings of the lirst commercial representative of the progressive Eastern nation have excited much interest wherever he has been. The gentleman in question is highly educated, and speaks English with remarkable fluency. At a recent meeting of the debating society in Westport to discuss the Chinese question, the Japanese visitor spoke, displaying marked oratorical abilities. lie was very emphatic in his ({enunciation of the flooding of New Zea land and Australia with Chinamen, and expressed the opinion that a heavy poll-tax should he enforced.
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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 3, Issue 147, 25 September 1895, Page 4
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109A JAPANESE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 3, Issue 147, 25 September 1895, Page 4
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