Working Is No Shame, Says Dutch Soldier

Chronicle (Levin), 18 July 1949, Page 2

Working Is No Shame, Says Dutch Soldier

ii-r-k: rr t j The following letter received by Mr. ! J. C.: Meyer, , • .Otaki Railway,' frpm a Dutch $6MierTtjuib-gfpwer# at present, in the putch, EastTncTies^ who seeks employment in' New ,|l'ea-: land, isj-ob.yiously a siricere ple'a for assistance in ma,king a -fresii .'start; "In a newspaper from, New tsalaml I saw your advertisement, m v/lfich you- advertise seeds and buibs.f Be+ fore tel'ing you the reason ofimy writing 111 introduce myself. "My name is Martinus Gerarrius Romijn, born in the village of Lisse, in the centre of the bulb-district of Holland, on September 11, 1925 When I was- 16 years old, ju.st having passed the middle school, 1 got a job in the bulb export and was working " there during two and a half years. My father has a gorcer's shop and is also a bulb grower, and, as I have seven brothers and two sisters, we still were young when we had to help our father. But what is in a. name working is no shame. Now I am jn the army during four years already, but .in three months the Governmpnt will send us back to Holland, and that i's the reason why-,1 w,fite to you. - "It is very difflcult tp'jfind employment in Holland, because cur country is too small for ten million of inhabitants. So our Government advises us to try to emigrafce; we are overcrowded. I will asK you have you- or any of your acquaintances employment for me. x can guarantee you will receive 100 per cent. energy at the oflice, nursery, or export or farm. I can pay the voyage myself, and can come to New Zealand in September 1949. So yi,u only have to take care of the requisite formalities. With many thanks and hoping to receive an answer back from you. ' ■ The writer's address, should any reader feel disposed to answer the appeal, ' is Sergt. M. G. Romijn, A.N.25. 09. 11.232, Staf 3-5 R.I., Veiclpost, Soerabaia, Indonesie.