REQUEST FOR LEGISLATION.
EMPLOYMENT OE WHITE GIRLS BY CHINESE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Oct. 12. The Auckland Society for the Protection of Women and Children has decided to request Parliament to introduce legislation to prevent the employment of white girls and Maori girls by« Chinese. Officials of the society said to-day that there were over 60 illegitimate half-caste Chinese babies in Auckland and that the number of Maori girls living with Chinese men was increasing alarmingly. Unless the suggested legislation was passed ’ the only remedy was to allow Chinese women to enter the country or Jto prohibit the entry of Chinese men. The present position was tragic.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 268, 12 October 1932, Page 7
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107REQUEST FOR LEGISLATION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 268, 12 October 1932, Page 7
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