CORRESPONDENCE.
n'israrT'r'srnTT A 1 (The Editor i« ««<iß» or&tig «Wy reuonAblft-JPftoiiit^Jpf thediacusaioii pf^pobli th#t, he if inf no -^ay -for •. the '^^iocJS expressed by correspondents.] TO THE EDlTdtt. Sib, — An unmarried Maori woman of about eighteen years of age, named Annie Mara Okiwi, lies dangerously ill at Hairini. Her father, an aged man and a widower, and without the means of purchasing medicine or defraying the expense of medical aid, has applied in vain this day to the medical officer and R.M. for assistance. The reason ascribed (ss the father of the woman has informed the contributor ,qf this letter) is that the fite&utiVe. of this Colony will not expend any mfcre toon&y to relieve distressed natives. Several Europeans ingtirnf mi^bW&Jf Haiipf %jh&y t'ifafortoßted tHemfidivesy in the above case, Wski&br^ OX^J *W example of several otfa6*B in this district Query— ls the Charitable Aid Board of thiv Coiintf of TauWfiga |^bje. ? .tQ v cpntialmte %H" ofi . ass^t distressed natives (Maoris), if the Colonial Executive- will not do bo.— lam, &c, <= 'i< f A--l 's- '-- ' !i HUMJtifITT. ? ißanraoga, JNQ?ember,l9, lßßß.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XV, Issue 2361, 21 November 1888, Page 4
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179CORRESPONDENCE. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XV, Issue 2361, 21 November 1888, Page 4
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