COLOUR PREJUDICE.
AUSTRALIANS TAKEN TO TASK. (Received 16, 11.15 a.m.) Capetown, September 15. At Johannesburg, at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Martin , chairman, referring to the demand by Australian farmers for withdrawal of preference on South African maize, on the ground that it is producefl by black labour, characterised the proposal as a regrettable instance of colour prejudice. He did not for a moment suppose that the Commonwealth Government would seriously consider it. as it had more to lose than to gain. The Union Government could uot continue preference on Australian produce and manufacture* if South Africa were penalised for employing an aboriginal population in the primary industry of mankind. He could understand the objection if it were a case of goods manufactured by black labour and imported into Australia to compete with goods manufactured by whites, but to apply such a policy to raw products of the soil was without justification, They had their dutv to the native population, which was a valuable asset to the Union. They could safely leave the Government to safeguard their interests. —(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 235, 16 September 1922, Page 5
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