To the Editor of the "Norru-Crina Darty News."
Sir,—We are a family of four, all born in Wedlock, British of! Great Britain, holding a passport of 1920 issued by the Consulate to enable us to travel Home and out again. We also hold registration certificates for the seven years we have been resident here. None of us have been in gaol (though possibly we may have deserved it), nor defrauded the revenue unduly, or written seditiously about the Government no matter how indignant we have felt at times; yet here we are entering on the fourth day of frantic struggle in our endeavour te comply with our country's request for us to register under the new system they have devised. Wo are perfectly willing to register, have done so regularly hitherto, but the new system has proved too much for our dull minds. We hav'nt the intelligence to understand what is required of us, and we are filled with wonder at them having it; and supposing they have?—can't they help us out, in common humanity, if not in order to facility ate our mutual business? If it tukes us who are under the law, and who have no other nationality ies up our sleeves: who have parents we not only know and revere, but whose birthdays we celebrate when we chance to remember;—if it takes us four barrassed, temper-wracking days to register, how many will it take thos@unfortunates who have complications in their past? Four days of our good time as well as of theirs; it gives one some idea of why it has taken also six good shillings out of every 20 we have earned to keep the business of State going.
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