COALFIELDS YOUTHS DECLARE GIRLS BLACK.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19036, 3 April 1930, Page 4

COALFIELDS YOUTHS DECLARE GIRLS BLACK.

(Special to the “ Star.”) SYDNEY, March 17. Many have thought that the limit of human self-denial was reached when men declared beer black, but it has remained for youths of Abernethy, in the unsettled coalfields district, to show the world the true spirit. They have declared their own girls “ black.” That situation has arisen because the sparkling eyes of the damsels have attracted members of the police force on duty in the district. Although many of the relatives of the ladies have felt the weight of a policeman’s baton, the girls have retaliated by stabbing the blue uniform with Cupid’s arrow. This has so incensed the youth of the coalfields that they have declared another “ black ban.” These white Australian girls have been declared the colour of the aborigine, and the coaly lads refuse to dance with them. The girls have replied with an upward tilt of the nose and a sniff of contempt. Judging by the looks on the faces of the lads of the village, the ban is likely to be lifted at any moment.