"COLOUR BAR"
''LOT OF NONSENSE"' 'There is a lot of nonsense talked about the "colour bar'' in Rugby. The Ma,ol "is Hi emselves control Hug. In- in this district as much as do the pakehas. There are the Ruatoki, Waimana, Paroa and Poroporq clubs all represented on the executive/' said Mr W. S. Henderson, president ol' tile Whakatane Ilugby Sub-Union during a discussion on Maori football at the fortnightly meeting" of the executive St Taneatua on Tuesday night. "'The ''colour bar'' business was brought 11 p bv the League recntly ' '<aid Mr J. T. White (Whakatane). "They know the South African tour 'x coining on and they want lo cau.se mischief ''it i« net !h" X. % w Union which draws the colour line it is South African Union." said Mr 1 i-Mri'M'son. "Th-re is not a nrm in ".'•■v.- "I•1 '; I who W'.V:U \V!Pv lo ' to South Al'; 2!w Ik> in. ;uiled there/'
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 51, 18 August 1939, Page 5
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153"COLOUR BAR" Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 51, 18 August 1939, Page 5
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