NATIVE RATES.
GRIEVANCES OF LOCAL BODIES. (BV TELEGRA —•PH'FQO Apr »OX*T'ON T WELLINGTON, July 9. Speaking in the House to-day, the Hon. A. T. Ngata dealt with the question of native rates and local bodies’ grievances in connection therewith? He admitted these grievances were real and legitimate, and suggested the wrong machinery was now' being used. He said the Act of 1910 was not suitable to deal with the problem, and he suggested that the Native Land Court should be used to compile a roll of land owners and to collect, rates, since the natives were more familiar with its procedure and the land court was more in touch with the affairs of the natives than the civil courts. The native members had suggested that a small commission should' he set up to deal with the problem in each district, and that was a suggestion which should be carried out.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 July 1924, Page 5
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