Maori Girls
SHEEP SHEARING ANDBUSHFELLING BAD FOR THEM. At the conference of the Young Maori, Party at Tβ Hauke., Hawke's Bay, a question in connection with Maori social life was brought to the front by the following resolution: — That viewing the great moral harm suffered by Maori girls, and through them by the whole Maori race, consentient upon their employment in sheepshearing occupations and as cooks in bushfellmg contracts, this conference urges parents and guardians of young girls to deter them from seeking such employment." To this was appended a further resolution drawing the attention of the Minister for Labour to the serious needs of the case, and asking for prohibitive legislation.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 10, 12 May 1911, Page 14
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112Maori Girls Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 10, 12 May 1911, Page 14
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