BREEZE IN COMMONS.
LABOUR AND COLOUR BAR.
REFERENCE TO AUSTRALIA. A. And N.Z. LONDON. April 27. A lively passage occurred during the discussion on the Colonial Office vote. Mr. B. C. Spoor, Labour member for Bishop Auckland, urged the necessity for obtaining security of tenure for the natives of Rhodesia. The Labour Party, he said, stood for the freedom and equality of the native races, the abolition of their economic exploitation, and the introduction of education. Sir New Urn Moore, Unionist member for North Islington, urged the Government' to adopt a more sympathetic attitude towards the emigration of ex-service men, especially co-operating with the Dominions, by providing financial assistance. He added that if Mr. Spoor made such a speech in South Africa or Australia he would not have won a Labour seat. White Australia was the work of the' Labour Party, including men like Mr. Hughes and Mr. Fisher.
There were many Labour interruptions at the mention of these names. Karl Winterton, member for Horsham, shouted to tho interrupters: "They fought in the war; they are not Bolsheviks like you."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17457, 29 April 1920, Page 5
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