THE CHOW CURSE.

NZ Truth, Issue 92, 23 March 1907, Page 4

THE CHOW CURSE.

A Chow shop m Alexandra-street, Auckland, was the scene of a picturesque disturbance recently. A disgusted woman disoovered that the Chows had inveigled her young sister into their opium-tainted precincts. She immediately demanded that they should expel the girl, but the amorous Chows only returned a chorus of "no savees." Thereupon the woman sought the roadway, armed, herself with stones, and bang-bang went the windows of- the Chow's premises. A crowd soon gathered, among whom was a " cockney." Well done, my girl ; don't stop till you pull the bleeders place down," was his exhortation to the woman. A policeman appeared on the scene shortly afterwards and quietness was restored.

Here you white men. and women have an illustration of what your dealings with the Ohow lead to. You know as well as we do that if one of your females gets into the clutches of the yellow dogs that she is dammed ; and yet, with your eyes open, you will persist m buying the Chow goods and keeping the pest with us. One Southern town settled the Chinese difficulty m one act; The people refused to buy the goods, and John and his virtues swarmed into Auckland, where the white man only kicks against the Chow when one of his females has suffered from the yellow curse. —The Worker. '