COLONIAL CONDITIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14359, 2 May 1910, Page 8

COLONIAL CONDITIONS.

The-Veply given by "Englishman" to "Colonial Woman's" letter should certainly make that lady sit down and consider the matter over again. Those English men and women with "cast-iron conservative opinions" do not come 14,000 miles for fun. They come to New Zealand to make a living, and what is more to the point, they always succeed in the face of tremendous odds! They beat the colonial on his own ground every time, I can point to two colonial firms at the present time who undoubtedly have the biggest turnover in the Dominion in their particular lines, and employ a largo number of lmnds. These firms will not take on a colonial where an Englishman can bo got, as they fully realise that the training an Englishman gets is far better than anything this colony can give, and that he is more earnest in his work that his " independent" colonial brother. Independence is a fine asset, but it can be carried to the verge of absurdity," and often lands the performer " in the soup." In my four years' experience of New Zealand and her people-1 am convinced there is more * snobbishness" here than at Some. An English jrentlemanv is always a gentleman, and will mix freely with people, do' matter Where or who they are. Another Engubhmax.