MAORI LANDS.
The future of the Maori depends solely On his willingness to work according to the methods of the pakeha. In the alternative, he must inevitably become impoverished, the indolent dying.remnants of the' race is a charge upon the State. Whether as a race he is doomed to absorption'it matters not for the purpose of this argument ; his best attributes and noblest qualities' are. worthy of preservation. It is as much in the interests of the race as it is in the vital interestsyof pakeha settlement that the native lands must be made profitable use of. Public opinion will brook no further delay in settling the question, and Mr Carroll must realise that if he is to secure for the Maori the treatment he claims he should have, he must give a lead towards something definite. Any i>ractical scheme he may suggest will have the sympathy and active support of all classes in tlie dominion. His" opportunity is now before liim.—Taranaki “News.” r I in II i ■■■ ■!■■■■■■■ ■ 111 limn niiimiii .iiiiHumiK
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2577, 11 August 1909, Page 2
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172MAORI LANDS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2577, 11 August 1909, Page 2
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