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Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1927, Page 4

From time to time the public are made aware of the fact that quite a number of new arrivals in .New Zealand are not of a desirable type. It may be argued, and rightly, that there are bound to be undesirables among immigrants as well as aiming any other classes, but the public of New Zealand should not, be lulled into a false sense of security in this matter, for it is not from among ordinary immigrants xhat the worst eases have come recently. Gaols may be the best plate for such men. but they become a henry charge on the State, and after a term of imprisonment- they will be released on the oommnniiv again. The ardent reformers— and the moderates, too—ho]x? that some of these men are not beyond redemption, but there is no obligation n New Zealand to become a receiving home for undesirable visitors. Tn all eases deportation should be part of tbo penalty, and the public should insist that the restrictions on aliens and undesirables are not relaxed. -Christchurch “Star.’’