THE COLOUR BAR
A FESTERINC SORE. POLLUTING THE COUNTRY. NON-EUROPEAN CONGRESS. (United. Press Association—Copyright., (Received This Day, 12.15 p.m.) CAPE TOWN, January 3. A non-European congress at Cape Town makes a prelude for the reintroduetion of native Bills in Parliament. Dr. A. B. Durham, a Malay, said the political colour bar was a festering sore which was polluting the life springs of the country. He enumerated the outstanding grievances of the industrial colour bar in civilised labour, a policy which kept out of employment thousands of nonEuropeans. A resolution advocating closer cooperation among non-Europeans ami also Europeans was carried.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 71, 4 January 1930, Page 5
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