Chinese Immigration.
The influx of Chinese to this and the neighbouring colonies was discussed at a public meeting held in the Hatham Town Hall on September 17. About 300 persons were present. All the speakers agreed that early action should be taken to prevent the Chinese coining in any numbers to Austialia. Mr Harwood referred to the evil effects which the influx of Chinese into the United States has produced amongst the working classes, and Mr Liurens pointed out that tho question could now be easily dealt with, but if postponed until the Chinese were more nuraeous the difficulty of dealing with them would be greater than- was presented by the rabbit plague. "Where the rabbite come the sheep starve, and where the Chinamen come the white workiner men will have to starve, said Mr Laurens. Resolutions were carried declaring the presence of Chinese to he a menace and a peril to the whole of the industiial classes ; that any further influx should be prevented ; that those already here should be placed under proper supervision.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 224, 15 October 1887, Page 2
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175Chinese Immigration. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 224, 15 October 1887, Page 2
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