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NZ Truth, Issue 88, 23 February 1907, Page 5

Yearl of Portsmouth, where the blue-jackets come from, does not think France or Germany "wbuld ever, be guilty of the gross treachery Lord Roberts thought possible." Lord Roberts is England's greatest soldier, since Wellington, the Yearl of Portsmouth is a fool. A native of Ceylon, who. came to town from Masterton on ' Wednesday morning of last week, trapesed about from 11 till 5 p.m. m vain search for lodgings but was told everywhere "full, up." A decent, Welldressed, quiiet-spoken man, his color seems to have been a bar to his getting any accommodation whatever. ; Rough on a dear little Cingalee. „ ' Some foreign bloke has been telling the "Post" that, he can't get work • because Australians are preferred, even on the water-front. What rot ! • Why two out of every three water-front workers bark at you m German if you address them. Anyhow, why shouldn't Australians have preference over aliens ? They are our full-brothers m blood and our nextdoor, neighbors, and, moreover, Australia sWarms with New Zealariders, who have • always been given preference even over natives, on account . Of their superior energy. They don't suffer so much from that tired feel- j in*.