INTERESTING CASE
MAORIS AND OYSTERS.
AUCKLAND, 18th April. An interesting case came before Mr. Fraeer, S.M., at the Police Court this morning, when two Maori girls, aged 16 and 19 years respectively, were •charged on the information of the Collector of Customs with having taken oysters at Kawakawa. Mr. Napier, who appeared for accused, explained that these Natives, who lived in the Native 'way, had been accustomed all their lives (as their parents had been before them) to collect oysters and shellfish as part of their Native food. There had never at any time been any intimation whatever that Natives were to be prohibited from taking shellfish. This, at any rate, was the case with Natives living in the gulf. The Magistrate said -he was prepared to treat the case as one of an unusual nature. The ends of justice would be met by ordering defendants to pay costs, 17# 6cf each.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 93, 19 April 1912, Page 3
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152INTERESTING CASE Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 93, 19 April 1912, Page 3
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