LASCARS AS SEAMEN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15350, 13 January 1912, Page 4

LASCARS AS SEAMEN.

10 TIIK EDITOII. Sin, —In your i>siu> of tlin 9ih insl. Mr YV. liolcher belittle Captain Singer and his hardworking, sober seamen. Invincible bias, ch: Aiiparenlly, when he wrote his letter he was n very angry man at nnv captain praising lasoars, and nt anylwdy extending hospitality to people he doWnrit like. Mr lielehfr is oh! enough to know that an angry tnui's loiter does not always read well in cold type. Evidently fie thinks ridicule and abuse the most effective weapons to use against those who differ from him. In his conch.ding sentonces he reaches the acme id his ge;ictvus leelings. lie hopes that Captain Singer and others will have their throats cut before long. It is a good thing for the community' we are not ull of Mr Helther'.. anarchist temperament. Mr Falconer and his friends have shown a fine, ceiiermis spirit— thoroughly in keeping with the season, reminding us of universal hrotherho-d. and a large charity and goodwill to all men, of whatever creed or persuasion—in entertaining visiting seamen (liritish subjects, too) as they did. 1 am surprised r.t a man supposed to be thi«. thai, and other things publicly wanting certain captains ar.d others done away with.—l am, etc., Hr Gr.xrnors .»sr» Km' your Tnircn. Jaui'vy 11.