COLOUR BAR
SOUTH AFRICAN BILL,
REJECTED BY SENATE
REVERSE FOR GOVERNMENT. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT, Received July 9, 10.5 a.m. CAPETOWN, July 8 Tlie Senate, in which the South Alriean Party holds a majority, rejected, by 17 votes to 13, a Government Bit! popularly known as .the Co 1 our Bar Bill, which debars natives from skilled occupations. . _ Senator De Wet, Leader of the Opposition, declared that the real motive behind the Bill was, once and for all, to establish white supremacy in the industrial world. . . The Minister for Mines maintained that the abandonment of the colour bar meant the wiping out of white civilisation. The rejection of the Bill, which was forced through the Assembly, despite strenuous opposition, will lie great'v resented by the Government. A. and N.Z. Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 9 July 1925, Page 5
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