A MOST SENSIBLE VIEW.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 6 July 1916, Page 2

A MOST SENSIBLE VIEW.

Information was received on Tuesday by Mr J. F. Montague, Auckland, that at a well-attended meeting of the Kaikohe Chamber of Commerce, it was unanimously resolyed—" That this Chamber disapproves of the Government's intended action in connection with the segregation of Austrian gumdiggers at Parenga, and suggests that these men be employed on reproductive and necessary construction works under the Public Works Department." It is hoped in Kaikohe that the Government will favourably consider this suggestion.

The ECHO is under the impression that Government will take a sensible view of the Kaikohe resolution. The Austrian is here, were he in his own country, as a conscript, he would be "made to fight against the British. But he is here, some are naturalised, others not so ; he is an alien for all that, and should be made to toe the mark, as the Britisher is. He came here unsolicited, reaping all the benefits of a British settler; is making money while our own lads are away, fighting for him as well as us, then make the Austrian toe the mark that will be beneficial to all, or else send him off to the front.