DIFFICULT COUNTRY TO ENTER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22908, 16 June 1936, Page 16

DIFFICULT COUNTRY TO ENTER

Generally speaking. South America was no place for European settlers, said Mr Robert A. Campbell, in giving a representative of the Christchureh Press some impressions of bis recent visit to the Latin republics. It was useless for voung men, no matter what their attainments miglit be. to emigrate to Argentina, Chile or sister republics unless they could speak Spanish very fluently. Even then it would be a very unwise move to go to South America "on spec." To do so would mean returning home sadjv disillusioned.

While in Buenos Aires .Mr Campbell met two New Zealanders employed as buyers for Vesteys, and he also met a number of his countrymen located in executive positions in Chile. In all cases, however, they had been enunged for service in South America in advance of tlieir leaving New Zealand. Nowadays, too, the South Americans were njoving quite capable of filling the majority of highly paid executive and managerial positions themselves. Mr Campbell commented that in any case, in the light of his own experience, South America was a very difficult country to enter. It cost him £8 llis for an Argentine visa of his passport, with another £3 5s for incidental expenses attached thereto. In addition, he had to submit to all his finger prints being taken before the necessary visa was issued. He learned in official Quarters that the Argentine Government did not encourage visitors, although they were made to feel welcome enough once they did arrive.