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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 130, 1 June 1908, Page 2

The Maungatautari correspondent o£ the Cambridge paper writes: "There are at 'the present time three babies awaiting burial at the Maori pa here. This is not an isolated or remarkable case, for •deaths among the children take place •with regrettable frequency. These are, in the main, caused.through the neglect or ignorance of the mothers. If those ■who inveigh so strongly against the supply of intoxicating liquore to the natives -would employ themselves earnestly to educating Maori mothers in their maternal duties, less would be tneard of the dying race. Th« teacher of the school informs mc that in the last jive, .years about, 70 Maori children have .attended the school, and of that small number no fewer than nine have died, 'either v.ii'ile on the school roll or shortly after leaving." •'