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Glover, Thomas Ellis, 1891-1938 :"Will it come to this?" The worker, "Well, digger, the only way for us to get a seat is to stop these blokes coming into the country at all." Digger - "Righto, Mate; if the government won't do it, we can." 9 June, 1920
- Date
- 1919
- By
- New Zealand free lance (Newspaper); Glover, Thomas Ellis, 1891?-1938
- Reference
- PUBL-0096-1920-029-1041-01
- Description
The scene is the inside of a railway carriage or a tram. All the seats are taken by Asian and Indian men and one of the two European men left standing comments indignantly to the other, who is in a soldier's uniform, that the only way to get a seat is to stop these blokes coming into the country at all. The soldier replies that if the government won't do it, then they will. Refers to racial tensions existing in New Zealand's early years against Asians and Indians.
The cartoonist has signed himself 'Ellis' lower right corner of the page.
"The Auckland watersiders have decided to refuse to handle ships landing Chinese or Hindus, as a protest against the number of aliens that have been allowed to come into the country. The R.S.A. Conference has also registered a protest." (Text taken from beneath the image on the front of the newspaper)
Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of newspaper..
Physical Description: Offset lithograph, c140 x 115 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of newspaper., Works of art, Offset photomechanical prints, Cartoons (Commentary), Albums, Offset lithograph, c140 x 115 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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New Zealand free lance (Newspaper). Glover, Thomas Ellis, 1891-1938 :"Will it come to this?" The worker, "Well, digger, the only way for us to get a seat is to stop these blokes coming into the country at all." Digger - "Righto, Mate; if the government won't do it, we can." 9 June, 1920. New Zealand free lance, 1901-. Ref: PUBL-0096-1920-029-1041-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23169616More information can be found in our terms of use.