GROWING EVIL
DRINK AMONG MAORIS'
(By Teleeraph-Presi'Aiioeiatioa.) , '" HAMILTON, November 18. _. "The drink problem is one *at-is ever present »mohg oilr: people. I know that the law.; does not permit liquor to be supplied to Maoris oil licensed; premises; but yet it gets among them," remarked Archdeacon W. Raiti, Ngaruawahia, when speaking of the work of the Maori mission at the final celebrations Jn connection with tiie inauguration of ,the new Claudelands parish. . . . He said that he did not .know how the Maoris obtained the liquor, but it was his opinion that pakehas.. were behind it. . | "Ido not know how this menace to j our people can be wiped out, but I can only hope that 4he law will be amended in order to remove the present eviL It is tragic to see little children, growing up whose parents have been aftecte-i by this menace."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 122, 19 November 1937, Page 17
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144GROWING EVIL Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 122, 19 November 1937, Page 17
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