To the Editor of the "Norru-Cuina Dairy News."
Sir,—I have Yearned with disgust, that my nomination for membership of a local ''Sports" Club has been rejected on account of the fact that I am employed by a retail business firm.
Whila admitting the right of any Club to refuse admission to any applicant, does not rejection on account of employment savour of the most unreasoning. snobbery?
There are many decently educated members of retail establishments, who, like myself, are ostracized from local "Society" because of the "unfortunate" circumstances of their employment.
Can anyone give any real reason why this injustice to Britons should be continued? How is it that bank clerks and piece-goods clerks attain such elevated social status out here, when at home they are classed "thirty-bob a week" clerks! Do they earn their living more honestly than a "retail" man?
I have friends here who are professional men, but I may not go to, or become a member of, their clubs, although' I am not continually searching for lost H's, nor offending in the company of decent people.
Ts it not time for some of the many Britons of good social standing both at Home and in Shanghai, to give their serious attention to this matter, with a view to removing a grave' injustice?
It is hard to believe that anything but a very small number of the members of the various clubs' Balloting Committees are such arrant snobs.
Enclosing my card, am, etc.,
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