THE ASIATIC VISITOR.

Waipa Post, Volume XVII, Issue 962, 1 July 1920, Page 5

THE ASIATIC VISITOR.

RETURNED SOLDIERS’ YIEW.

A MENACE TO NEW ZEALAND,

Questioned as to what steps the recent conference of Returned Soldiers’ Associations had done in the matter of the Asiatic influx, Mr D. M. C. McBurney replied to Mr Hessell last evening at the meeting of the local Returned Soldiers’ Association that very stringent resolutions had been passed. The Te Awamutu remit on the matter had been carried unanimously. It was pleasing, said Mr Mcßurney, to see that the public was realising the importance of keeping out the Asiatic. The was supporting the returned soldiers in their mission. Mr S. Walker referred to the future action of the waterside workers, who had refused to unload ships with Hindus and Chinese aboard. Mr Mcßurney further stated that he had h'eard that the Chinese were starting in the furniture trade in Auckland. The moral standpoint should also be considered, so that New Zealand would not be blemished. Mr H. G. Foster moved that the meeting emphatically protest against the inactive measures of the Government in dealing with the 'matter of Asiatic immigration, and demand that the question receive precedence during the session, as, owing to the continued influx of Asiatics, the position was becoming aggravated. Mr Foster said he f had tried to find a white fruit shop in Wellington, but could not. He found that Chinese were now being ousted by Hindus. It would be a squabble between the Hindu and the Chinaman as to who would own New Zealand! If the trouble were not soon dealt with munition factories would have to be built.

Mr Gatenby said that the Asiatics should be thrown out neck and crop. The motion was carried.