... with explosive devices during the war meant that there was a lack of houses as well as labour. This was the time when immigrants started facing the problem of the 'colour bar'. Many white people would only lease their houses to white and criticise against the black, as there were no principles as yet to preserve the minority against racism. As an outcome of the 'colour bar', immigrants had very microscopic choice, if any as to where they could live and how much rent they would have to pay. Many people who came from the colonial states were skilled, however due to discrimination many ended up with inferior rank jobs than that which their qualifications empowered them to do. They ended up with generally the jobs that which the white did not want to perform. The 'colour bar' was to such a limit that even trade congress used mercantile arguments to attempt ...

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