WEST COAST RESERVES.
PRIME MINISTER'S ADVICE TO MAORIS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. Members of the Maori deputation, which waited on the Hon. J. Carroll on Monday with a request that the control of the "West Coast (Taranalci) Reserves be taken out of the hands of the Public Trustee, and handed over to the natives interested, interviewed Sir Joseph Ward to-day. Te Rangihiroa, M.P., who introduced the deputation, said those present presented the principal tribes of Taranaki, and were desirous of becoming citizens In the trao sense of the word, and wished to cultivate their own lands.
Sir Joseph said he was familiar with the trouble of the past, and knew what the desires of the deputation were. The request would receive the best attention of the Govrnment. He was convinced that the Maoris, in working their lands, were taking a course which would be in the interests of their families. Had it not been for the control of the West Coast lands by the Public Trustee, he was afraid many areas would have been sold, and that numbers of native people would have become impoverished. He urged the Maoris to go in for the dairy industry.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19091112.2.9
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 270, 12 November 1909, Page 2
Word Count
197WEST COAST RESERVES. Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 270, 12 November 1909, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.