New Zealanders Seen As Thriftless
5 Received Tuesday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 11. "From what I have seen and heard, New Zealanders do not save anything, ' ' says Mr. Douglas Dabel in a letter ^pnblished by the Isle of Wight Press. Mr. Dabel, who visited New Zaland, stayed with Mr. J. Morris who recently emigrated to the Dominion. He added : ' ' The general impression one gets of New Zealand- 1 ers is that they are a people carefree and thriftless. The first is ' due, I think, to the faet that they have not had two wars on their doorstep, and tlie second to the wetnursirig they get from the Government — ten shillings weekly for every child till leaving school, a pension at a comparatively early age, and free medical, dentat and op.tical treatment all their Hives.' The consequent attitude to life seems to be, why save? The State will look after me and mine. Whether this is good for a country I very much doubt." Mr. Dabel adds that he fouiid New Zealand pleasant . and the people very kind, hospitable and very patriotic "more so than we * are I think bnt may be we are less demonstrative,"
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 January 1949, Page 5
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