THE COLOUR-LINE.
A good deal of comment has been occasioned through the proprietor of a pioture-.dh.ow in Naj>ier having refused a number-of well-to-do Natives odanissiou to tihe ilress-circte of histheatre. Ths. proprietor the pic-i ture-<show, in justification of his- actr | ion,- states/ that- a large.rntimberi of. Eurbpeaiv patroiis- have complained,of; <he best seats in the theatre being occupied by' Natives. To most people ttthis would* hardly seem a sufficient exouse for the drawing of the 'colourline. The Maori may not-be a £&&-. factory neighbour to the fastidious theatre-goer. He is, however, in every way preferable to the semi-nude female who spends most of her time munching pea-nuts and carlamels, or the male, bore who is continuously prating of some achievement during the week. " it seems almost incredible that a Bom- | inion wtfiich is satisfied to have a Native as Acting-Prime Minister should .seek to draw the colour-line in theatres. There is no reason for such snobbishness in New Zealand.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10534, 22 January 1912, Page 4
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158THE COLOUR-LINE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10534, 22 January 1912, Page 4
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