Anti-Chinese League.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 8228, 8 June 1895, Page 2

Anti-Chinese League.

(By Telegraph.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 7. At a meeting of delegates from the various political and labour societies, it was decided to form an anti-Chinese League. The objects of the league were adopted to the following effect:—To educate public opinion to assist in all social movements and support all legislative efforts in the direction of restricting Chinese and other undesirable competitors in the colonial labour markets, by raising the poll-tax on Chinese to at least £100; by enforcing the inspection of premises occupied by Chinese and other Asiatics ; by absolutely prohibiting the naturalisation of any Chinese or other Asiatics ; by urging the Government to refuse mail subsidies to any steamer or other vessel carrying as the whole or part of the crew any Asiatic, Lascar, or Kanaka; by the members pledging themselves, and inducing others, not to deal with any Asiatic grower or vendor of any marketable products, or with any European retailer wiio supplies such products, or with any trader who sells or causes to be sold any goods except such as could not be made by our own workers, manufactured or produced by Chinese and other allied races.