MAORI MARRIAGES.
THEIR DISABILITIES. TPee Press Association.! AUCKLAND, Sept. 7. A Maori marriage, contracted according to Native custom, does not carry with it the- benefits or disabilities of the Destitute Persons Act. So decided Mr. Kettle, S.M., at the Police Court to-day. The.matter which raised, the point was an application for the rehearing of a case in which a maintenance order had been made against Paho Pai, for the support of his wife and family. His Worship gave it as his opinion that the Court’s jurisdiction was confined to marriages solemnised according to New Zealand and British law. Maori marriages were recognised in the Native Land Court. He advised the Natives that they should apply to their member to bring the matter before the House if they desire an alteration in the law. While the case was being discussed, Mrs. Nikorima, who was acting as interpreter, received a telegram from the Hon. J. Carroll, and when the Magistrate read it he said that his opinion was supported by that of the Native Minister. The rehearing was granted, and the proceedings quashed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2601, 8 September 1909, Page 5
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181MAORI MARRIAGES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2601, 8 September 1909, Page 5
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