CHIVVYING THE CHOW.

NZ Truth, Issue 98, 4 May 1907, Page 6

CHIVVYING THE CHOW.

Coming it too Strong.

The Ohristchurch Trades and Labor .Council, which is always finding out things, discovered t'other night that the cook at the local police station was. a Chinaman, and it deplored that fact per resolution, and had it print;d m the papers. It turns put that, me young man m miestion was born n New Zealand, was educated here, md that 'he is so wMte m appearance that it is 'rather difficult 'to jjell that he -has Chinese Wood m bis i reins. He is a half-caste, and claims '•Haoriland as his country. He fui-. !bher asserts that he is as much h■gainst Chinamen as "Truth" or anyone elsei, and that he would 1 bar them from the country. He was for years iwith th'd Union Steamship* Company and his work gave them every satisfaction. .Inspector Gillies sent for him and spoke sympathetically on readingjfcihe Tna;d<es and Labor Councils resolution. It won't effect his position m any way, of course, t>e- j cause men don't get sacked just because some trades union concern tioesn't like him. The man would •like to know' how he is going to get a living if 'he is barred in 'this way ; he,, would foe m the mudi alright, as .they wouidn't stand him m • Chijna.He caamot be blamed for an< accident of 'birth, the -blame is with the Government which allowed his Chinese parent to land. A-a he was born m Ibhis country. .be claims to be a native ther«6f "and undoubtedly, has a pretty, goad cl-a^in-