CHINESE EMPLOY MAORIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20306, 13 July 1929, Page 12

CHINESE EMPLOY MAORIS.

YOUNG WOMEN AT GARDENS. ALLEGATION OF CANVASSING. In furtherance of its policy of preventing the employment of Maori women at market gardens controlled by Asiatics, the Akarana Maori Association some time ago instructed a number of members to investigate the matter. At a meeting of the association 011 Thursuay evening a report was furnished by tho president, Mr. G. Graham, who stated that canvassing for young Maori women to work in Chinese market gardens was at present being carried out in the Auckland province. At the meeting representatives of the chief districts of the province were present.

. Tho president stated that in Asiatics' gardens in tho Auckland district at present there were at least 54 young Maori women living on the cultivations. During the past 12 months 11 definite cases of young native women consorting with Chinese, with unfortunate results, had been brought before tho association. He said the investigators had been considerably concerned to find that agents had apparently visited Maori homes in country districts in an attempt to induce young women to accept Chinese employment. In support of the representations which had already been made to the Government, the association decided that the only remedy lay in tho complete prohibition of Asiatic immigrants.