A PASSAGE REFUSED TO A CHINESE CLERGYMAN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1849, 24 May 1888, Page 3

A PASSAGE REFUSED TO A CHINESE CLERGYMAN

i * At the m viing i.f .ho Wosleyan Goni'i ro;'o3 ou 'o J)th iuat., tbe Rsv Qiorge Rr- wn (hpv,\ n\\ seorotary of the F>>reigu M'aslonp^ ceiled ntteution to tho difHouity experienced by the Rtiv Joseph T«ac Tack, a Ohinoßfl mo'inbor of that Oonfarerioe, iv coming to Molboumo to attenJ i f . He had secured his passage by VV. Jlovrard Stnlth and Sons' stunner Gibo from i^ydrmy to this port, lv otder tt» b^pceaent at tbia meeting, Ha was a nniU'aliHed Bril sh sabjjot, and his wife was a naUvH of Viotoria, where Mr Taok had employed for a considerable tlnv. Wh»n he went on board the steamer the a^ent of thtt oteamer asked whether he poeaoosvd naturalisation papera, and he proved that he had ona. The captain examined it, and found it to be correct. Shortly af corwards Mr Taok was told that the agent was very aurry, but he would not be able to take him to Melbourne ; and at the last moment Mr Taok, *lth hit wife, ohlldren, and baggage, were put on to the wharf. (Cries of " Shame.") He (Mr Brown) weut to the Sydney office of Messrs Howard Smith aud Sons, and asked the manager the reason for this action, and the manager replied that the V/otorian Government had passed a law providing that any vessel with even a single Chinese on board Bhotild be quarantined. Notwithstanding that Mr Taok wus a minister they oould not take him, as they were not prepared to risk £1000 to fight the Victorian Government. It subsequently transpired that the Rev Mr T«ck nad been aUovrecl to travel over» land.