ANTI-CHINESE MEETING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5528, 14 December 1878, Page 3

ANTI-CHINESE MEETING.

A meeting of those interested in the exclusion of Chinese from the New Zealand labor market was held at the White Swan Hotel, Cuba-street, last evening. Mr. Watson took the chair. The accounts were presented by Mr. Stead, showing the expenditure incurred in respect to the printing of the'circulars and for the stationery and stamps. A balance of a few shillings still remained to the credit of the committee, and therefore no further subscriptions were called for. In the absence of the secretary, Mr. Morton Quin, the minutes of the previous meeting could not be read, and* owing to the inconvenience caused by that gentleman’s non-attendance, on the motion of Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr. Stead, Mr. Quin’s name was struck off the list of those belonging to the committee. There was a good attencance of persons interested, and the question of the speakers who should address the public meeting convened by the Mayor on Tuesday was discussed. It was deemed advisable to postpone this matter until the different persons who had been written to by the committee, asking for their countenance and support, had been allowed time to reply to the communications addressed to them. The following resolutions will be proposed at the meeting 1, That the citizens of Wellington, in public meeting assembled, desire to nlace on record their determination to oppose the introduction of Chinese labor into the colony. 2. That this meeting adopts to the fullest extent tho policy of the anti-Chinese petition. 3. That all towns and districts in New Zealand be heartily welcomed to co-ope-rate with Wellington in the cause. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, and exception was taken to the title of the petition, which emanated from the committee appointed by the Working Men’s Club. The heading sets forth that it emanates from the working classes of Wellington. It was decided that if the petition were adopted by the meeting of citizens on Tuesday next it shou : d bo styled the petition of the citizens of Wellington. The chairman informed the meeting that copies of tho petition had been sent to England, America, and the Australian colonics, and in some cases copies had been sent to the leading newspapers as well as to the Executive Governments of the different countries. It was arranged that another meeting at the same place should be convened on next Monday night, when a provisional list of speakers who were qualified to sp«ak from experience should be drawn out, and any further resolutions and arrangements to be brought before tho generalraeetingahould bo completed.