COLOUR BAR CHARGE
Employment In W airoa
CV.Z. Press Association? NAPIER, Sept. 29. Allegations of colour bar practices by Wairoa employers was made at last
night's meeting of the Wairoa College Board of Governors. The attack came from the headmaster, Mr J. M. Scobie, who said in a report that more than half the college pupils were Maoris, who found it extremely difficult to obtain employment locally. Apart from the Post Office and a department store, the number of Maoris employed in businesses in Wairoa was very small, he said. “Recently a well-trained boy who had an excellent school record was refused employment because he was a Maori, although there can be no doubt that he was a completely suitable applicant,” said Mr Scobie. “Maori boys find it extremely difficult to obtain local apprenticeships and have to rely on schemes in other centres where hostels solve the boarding problem and where employment is available.”
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30559, 30 September 1964, Page 23
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