CHINESE PORTS DECLARED INFECTED
PROT SSTS FROM DUNEDIN. EXCITEMENT AT IfIVEROARGILII [ BOYCOTTING THREATENED. POLICE AND R.M. ON THE SO3NE THE CHINESE STONED. - ' Auckland, May 5. At a meeting of the Trades abd Labor" . Oounoil last night a disousslon toot place" ' on the Chinese question, and the following reiolution waß adopted:— "That Government be informed that this Council U In favor of the total prevention of farther Ohlneae Immigration to this oolony, bob recognising the difficulty of any one >, oolony attempting to enforba •nab - •-■<■ policy m face of Imperial aomplloations, it Btrongly urges apan the Government the desirability of oonf erring with the carrying oat of a prohibition policy, and Australian colonies with the objeot of tbe that In the meantime a poll tax of ,£lOO be impoaed on all new Mongolian ttrlf *1* ( and a farther residential tax of £20 pei annum be also levied on them" f -'\ .!;••;? Wkllingtoit, May 6. Government have deot'led to'follow the ■ lead of the Vlotorlau Government sod. declare all Chinese ports Infeoied, io that ; passengers from there will hive to Da quarantined. - Wellington, 'May 7i A proclamation will be issued to-day proclaiming China and other 'id jtcent ports lnfeoted. Dunedin, May 7. The Carpenters' Society have carried * reßolatlon protenting against the landing of the Chinese by the Te An»u,, and requesting the united action of the trade . against future importation of Chinese, ' and celling on the Premier to enforde the law In Us entirety; and farther to pall the attention of the House to the subject. at*the earliest convenience, with a view of Increasing the poll tax to a prohibitive degree. InTBROAROILL, M(iy 5A mast meeting was held m Post Offioe square this afternoon to oonsider what steps should be taken to prevent the Ohlneae on board the Te Auau landing, at the Bluff on Monday. Over 300 persons were present-, and the Mayor presided. The following resolutions were unanimously carried :— " That, m tbe interests of the Britlah realdentß of this oolony, it is imperative that promp steps be taken by Government to prevent the Influx of Chinese; that this meeting views with apprehension the f aot that a large number ' of Chinese are about to land, and that • representation by wire be nude to the Government with a view to taking steps to prevent farther shipments being brought to the oolony," " Th»t a telegram be sent to the Premier that 100 Chinamen are arriving from Melbourne at the Bluff on Monday, and the residents orave the held of the Government to prevent their landing here, and are determined, if necessary, to rejeot them by force." " That aa the time has arrived when the Anglo-Saxon raoe of New Zealand should make' a stand agalnsb the Invasion of one shores by a host of Mongolian barbarian*, this meeting pledges itself to boycott any any person or persons, who employ or deal with the said raoe, and furthermore, that a few of car number form oarselves into a Yigllanoe Committee,:. to? sea the above carried oat." ." That the Mayors of lavercarglll and Oambelltowir, and the Chairmen of the Bluff Harbor Board form a Vigilance Ojmmlttee, iwlth power to add to their number, foV the purpose of guarding the interests of the British oolonists agalnet the influx of Chinese." Several epeakersjopoke strongly In favor of foroible (resistance In the event of the Government declining to interfere. The following telegram was sent by the Mayor and Mr J. G. Ward,M.H.R., to the Government:— "At a mass mooting here to-day resolutions' were passedLurglng upon the Government the Imperative necessity of preventing the Chinese on board the Ta Anau being allowed to land, Immense enthaslaim. was shown. We feac_th»t unless steps are taken the people here will take the law into their own hands and forcibly prevent their landtag. Arrangements are being made for a number to prooeed to the Bluff by train for that purpose, and we are being specially requested to appeal to the Government to atop the Ckineaa from landing with a view of pro-, renting a complication. We believe that arrangements could be made to keep them m quarantine, or afloat m Bluff, harbor until an opportunity occurs to send them back." An open air meeting was held to-night, and attracted a large number, bat nothing important transpired, ' Money was collected to pay for a special train to the. port, and another meeting is to be h^el^ to morrow with the same objeot. InveroakgilXi, May 6. About 500 were present at the anti; Chinese mooting this afternoon. It was. stated that the fiailway Department re* {used a special train for which the n^oney had been collected, to enable the to go to the Bluff: to -morrow to prevent the landing o£ the Chinese. Some very intemperate language was used at the meeting, but it is not supposed that .the majority are inclined to violate the law. A delegation went to the BlafE this after* noon to stir up the peop'e there against the Chinese. The most prominent man at the meetings has been Mr Wilmott, ex-theatrical manager, who ia now m business here. Inybrcurgill, May 7, The Te Anau haa been signalled, and Is expeoted to arrive at half-past eleven. Tt is stated that the authorities at the Bluff have received no Instructions to quarantine the vessel, and there it great excitement at the port, A large body of police, under Inspector Moore, together with Me i MoOallooh, K.M., went down by the [morning train, > »-
latbb The Premier advises the Mayor and member for Awarua that the Go\ernmprf cannot legally prevent the l&ndin? of ih. Chln6ise on board the. Te Anau. Ho pay* Parliament will legislate on the nister, and a«k thoee m authority to see that no disorder occurs. Orowdß of peoplo are leaving by the 11.15 am. train to the Bluff, But it is believed the ateimer will reach the port before the troln gets down. The money collected on Saturday for the procuring of a special train is being used to pay fsres,' The message wired by Ihe Preaß Association from Wellington that Government was going to follow the same coarse &b Victoria, »nd refuse to allow the Ch these to land, put the opponents of the Chinepe completely off the scent, and a very few went to the Bluff by the morning train. Although it was a quarter to eleven before It wm known that the statement was wrong, word soon passed round, and one hondred and twenty persons went down to port by the quarter past eleven train. Had the true state of affairs Ueen known the number would have been increased by several hundreds. There waa & large crowd of all olasses on the platform to see the train off and great exoltement prevailed, " . BLurr, May 7. The Te Anau arrived about 11 a.m., •nd w*s boarded by the Health Officer, who oocupied about an hour m examining the Chinese. He gave a clean bill, but It was then ascertained that none were to be landed at the Bluff. There are ninetynine on board. Nineteen of these are for Dunedln, and the balance for Greymouth. The Magistrate, policemen, and a number of Justices were on the wharf when the Bteamec came alongside, and the crowd was augmented by a large contingent of people from lnvercargill . Great satisfaction was expressed when it was known that the Chinese were not to be Unded, and at a meeting on the wharf presided over by the Mayor of Invereargili congratulatory speeches were made, it being hinted that the ohange of destination was due to notion already taken. Ospt. Mackintosh, on learning the position of matters, fj osted men to prevent the Chinese going ashore during the vessel's stay. They were clustered m the forepart of the titaamer, and were left severely alone except by one or two young men, who indulged m a little Btonethrowing, but were promply stopped.
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