MAORI LANDS.
TIIE COMMISSIONER AT WHANGAREI. .(•Moiivioqssy.' ssiia.l—naviina-iiii mi j, ; . Whangarei, March 31. : The sitting of tho Maori Land Commission oommonccd hero to-day: under the,presidency of tho Ohiof Justices- Two chiefs welcomed Sir ll. ; Stout 111 the ■ customary florid style of rhetoric.- Hoplying, Sir; It. Stout,stated that tlio Maoris had recklessly dissipated > thoir lands and wasted time moans. Tlio race had dwindled to, half its former numbers; indulgence in liquor boing accountable for most of the doaths. -The salvation of the Maoris rested in the reservation of land for their occupation and working. ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 161, 1 April 1908, Page 6
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