TE AUTE CONFERENCE.
, (by .telegraph.—press -association.) ' THE HEALTH OF THE MAORI. Auckland, February 26. ; Tho' gum-digging industry was one of tho topics discussed at. the session of tho To Ante Association to-day. The Rev. H. Hawkins said he. had no sympathy for tho industry. It had been tlio curso, in tlio form of a disoase, of' tlio,' Maoris of the/North. It had boon found by medical men that'about' 50 per cent. , of the Maoris of the North-had tuberculosis. The diggers resided in wretched houses, and they worked most of the timo in the wot. Other speakers 'endorsed Mr. Hawkins's remarks. Tho Rov. G. Maunsoll added that tho. flax industry was akin to that of gum-digging. He had seen Maori girls'working in the flax-fields,-and standing in water up to tho "waist the. whole day.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 9
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133TE AUTE CONFERENCE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 9
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