NATIVE AFFAIRS.
EVIDENCE OF EAST COAST CHIEF CPer Press Association). OISBORNE, June 2. The Native Commission concluded its Gisborne session to-day. Further reference was made to the position of the Maori Soldiers' Relief Fund of £50,000. Evidence regarding the farms acquired by the fund was given by the supei visor, W. G. Sherratt; who said thft real loss was in the drop in values of stock, and was unavoidable. , t After the Honia Block was acquired, by the soldiers' fund it was found that the laud was not so good as anticipated. Farming operations accounted for the loss of the fund. The loss was unescapabie. Wiremu Potae,. an East Coast chief, submitted a statenTCnt reviewing the historv of the East Coast, social customs, welfare work and tribal relations. Henare Ruru, one of the tribal leaders of Tauranga, spoke of the importance of maraes and commercial gatherings of the tribes. Evidence had been given that Auckland moneys had been wasted on tangis and meeting-houses. If the moneys came out of the Maori purposes fund, witness considered it proper, as he regarded such moneys as the property of the Maoris. His people desired that the lands should remain under the East Coast Commission and not be transferred to the native trustee.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 198, 4 June 1934, Page 3
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