ALLEGED BRIBERY BY A MAORI CANDIDATE.
{1-.KSS ASSOCIATIO-. TELEGRAM.)
WELLINGTON, December 13. Mr W. L. Rees writes from Gisborne to the Native Minister :— " I have been requested by many of the leading chiefs of this district to inform the Government that one ot the candidates for the Eastern Maori electorate is distributing flour, sugar, and other things widely among the Natives to induce them to support and vote for him. They ask the Government to announce to the Native people that such proceedings are illegal aad improper, and if possible to punish those who are gniity of them." The Native Minister has given directions that an extract from the Corrupt Practices Act be published in this Week's Kahiti or Gazette.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 8665, 14 December 1893, Page 5
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