' A sign of a- struggle that has almost disappeared 'between the old and the new, the present generation of Maoris nnd the elders, was apparent in the Police Court at Waitaia when an old Maori was convicted and fined £2 upon n second offence for not having sent his daughter to school, says an exchange. Jack King, the . defendant, explained defiantly to the Court that he had no intention to sending the girl, to school, and declared that he wished the girl, who was stated to be thirteen years of ago, to adopt the Maori custom of living. He wished the girl to cook for him, and besides, he had no money with •which to buy books and lived two miles from1 the school. The Magistrate said that defendant must send the girl to school, ■'
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 100, 30 April 1931, Page 9
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