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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11175, 7 April 1930, Page 3

In the atmosphere of the Supreme Court Maoris and foreigners o ten become very’ modest concerning their command or English, and leadnj take shelter behind the services ot a.n interpreter, whether he may tie entirely necessary or not. A young aiaori who appeared lor sentence iff Auckland for forgery had just commenced a statelnent through an interpreter when the official was prompt'y stood aside by Mi\ Justice.. Ostler. “You can speak English, he told the prisoner. “You can write perfectly good English, as is shown by your statement here, which is not only well wrtten F>'<dish. lint grammatical English.” The prisoner admitted that he could understand English Commenting on another statement handed in bv a prisoner a few minutes later His Honor said: “1 see this is written for von bv the Maori who cannot speak English.”

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