THE CHINESE QUESTION.
To The Editor. Sir,—Our aspirant for the Mayoral stakes, Mr Byron Brown, is no doubt the possessor of a fair amount of orational powers, but, why should he swoop down on a few unfortunate Chinese and threaten them with something similar ro an Irish eviction. It seems absolutely inhuman. If these law-abiding citizens live in shacks they certainly sinfer accordingly, and Brown admits himself, when introducing one of his friends from the .-ea.sidc for Municipal honors, how neat his srardfin and lawns wore kept. If
the Chinese shacks are an eyesore I am sure their gardens are worthy of the name and help considerably to' beautify the town. In any casq. we ~0 , 1 0 to have buried Kaiserisw. so let US X be humane and no. let our vocal cords run wild. The gardens which are now producing food for the masses . «uld otherwise U ti.-.sfips Manv hungry A antes S Lave to thank the Chinese for a meal. I
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Otaki Mail, 24 April 1923, Page 3
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