UNRULY MAORIS ARE BANNED FROM BAR

Chronicle (Levin), 4 December 1947, Page 3

UNRULY MAORIS ARE BANNED FROM BAR

AUCKLAND, Der. 8. Hci'iuwft waniiiig.s to eurb un'ruly conIui*t h :i \ •* in'eii unlieeiled, liquDr is no longer ht'ing served to Maoris in the 1 AIIkmT liotol, QuiH'ii Street. Soiue 1 Maoris liave rcgurded this decisioii as | an ari ul' racial discrimination but :s.e\ernl iiillticntial leaders in Auckland ■ - a i • I that it wus ayreed that tlie irre1 Mponsibl" scction must be taught a ; U'sson nlthough the disrepute and refslrictions miglit fal] 011 the wliole of ; the .Maori coimnunity. j Tlu- niauager of Ihe hotel, Mr. II. L. Iviildle, coii linned that a ban had been j inijtosed as the result of several disturbain*es eauscd in the bar by Maoris. , Waniiiig.s had been of no avail. Poliee j iuterventioii had on at least oue occasion, in-fii uecessary and for the proteei tion of the staff and in the interests of i other cust oniers, the management had j decided that Maoris would not be 1 served unlil sucli time as they couid j belmve themselves and aet like decent ! people. j A Mauri welfare worker in the city said his invbstigations suggested that the ban had uirftortunately been justiiied.