"E. A. SMITH."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 13

"E. A. SMITH."

! Sir,~Eeßar(lingT:your.- ! : article entitled ;->:. /"The .'Smith'; Affair," in your tissue of : ! ". January ? 27,' I;,wish to inform you ; or any,' .;'■■>'':of your/reader's;that!the Prim'eeMinister :'. i'£~ will''.' never.; show/. that" Mr".;Tweed'. is, .to "'fi\'ilic6^fecfc:.^^ies'.^^'■:'X' : iny.6eM.;mote^tb\'.tilO , ■;.-';--''High' Commissioner: and-TVreceived-a -re-' : v£ ply, to -my : lettcr;from A; Smiths -'i.^thjienougli.shipping-paniphlots, as an- ;: Mother of .your .correspondents".'•Jut'--it, to .;/■:' last "mo -.a lifetime.;. I then paid. i; visit

to .the- High; Commissioner's; offices,, and "after: being, informed.'ialK.;about, .New Zealand I ■ asked my informant to book my;passage.' "I~ was. then politely shown in -?to "Mr. E.. A; Smith", who -booked; my passage;- ,1 arrived-by the.lonio: on: January 28 last.';.l might state ;that before -I made up my, mind to emigrate I inquired if it was any: good; of me thinking ;'of cgoihg.'to )New I was asked-'my trade,' and! replied -I'. had done four, years' /plumbing,' gas, and hot-water fitting., .."Oh,; .yes, ,:',came...the. reply, "plenty of work out there for you," which 'wasVone of; the ; biggest lies ever told,, as I" found it was impossible to get-into the trade .when' 1 I; arrived,: having .tried-.at Wellington, :Port'Chalmers, Dunedin.'and .Christchnrch.i;. .etc:-; N0;,.-, wonder" your tarns 'are getting flooded out with tradesmen when your, trusted; agent .'encourages them to come" but here: instead of suppressing, them, by telling/the truthr-I am,;. ','.; ': ■;:■'■• .vv;:;;■■%;:':>:. : ;/: : C.:HAET. ; : ;\;Maharahara..' ;.; : '.-jj ; 7.'g':•/.;/■' 'x' : '"';';