A TWO-EDGED ARGUMENT.
I' There was some, disciission. in thw 'House of ■ Representatives, on the*fating and taxing of Native lands. Mr. Lysn?.r was tin? chief advocate-of a departure 'from the pr«sent system. ■He argued that Natives who were not using tho lands the best advantage should not be allowed to escape taxation. The Hon. Dr. Pomare defended the Maoris. If the Natives were not using the land to the beet advantage, "whosefault. was it? The pakeha took the Maori^out of a different state and put him into the strong light of civilisation. If the Maori wasto lose his land becaiise fye did not farm it as well as the pakeha, '■ what" about taking the land from the pakeha. arid giving it to the Chinamen, who got more out of it than any pakehaj (Laughter.) ■'".■'.■■ ;v- :. w
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 50, 27 August 1920, Page 7
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136A TWO-EDGED ARGUMENT. Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 50, 27 August 1920, Page 7
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