TREATED HIM AS AN ALIEN
Auckland, Nov. 5,
Tlic in is fortunes of George Turner, an A iistraiian seaman, were related by him on his arrival by the Niagara, lie was paid oil the steamer papanui at New York, ami, being unable to find another ship within lit) days, he tried to cross the border into Canada, but was sent buck by the Canadian immigration olliciaJs aL Niagara Falls, and spent two months hi »n American gaol. The Americans arranged for his deportation, and he was sent by train to Seattle and steamer to Vancouver, where he and another Australian were locked in a cabin on the Niagara.
Turner says he vyas fairly treated by, the Americans. His grievance is against the Canadians. Insult added to injury was the fact that, although he is a British subject, his train ticket, issued by the (Canadian National Railways, was stamped, “Rejected alien.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4527, 6 November 1930, Page 2
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150TREATED HIM AS AN ALIEN Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4527, 6 November 1930, Page 2
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