MAORIS AND LIQUOR
OUTSPOKEN MAGISTRATE “The amount of money that is being wasted in hotels by Maoris is nothing short of scandalous,” said Mr. W. H. Freeman, S.M., during the hearing in the Morri'.isville Magistrate’s Court of an application by a Maori for the cancellation of a prohibition order made against him in 1936. The magistrate remarked that his district contained probably as great a proportion of Maoris as any other and he could not but take notice of tho number of prosecutions for drunkenness among Maoris which had come before him. Nowadays special efforts were being made throughout the country to uplift the Maoris and improve their status. However, it was obvious hat too many Maoris were wasting the money they were receiving instead of using it for their own benefit as the State intended. The application for cancellation of the prohibition order was refused.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20034, 5 September 1939, Page 2
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