FIFTY YEARS AGO.
FROM THE LYTTELTON TIAIES, OCTOBER 12. 1874.
The Maoris and Card Playing.—Mr Thomas Lewis, of Matatere, writes to the TV aka Maori warning the natives against the excessive practice of card playing.” He says: Having charge of a . na tive school, I am often pained to observe the sleepy listlessness of some of the .pupils and the absence of others who I think might attend. I am informed that they are in the habit of sitting up most of the night playing cards, and this in a stifling atmosphere is sufficient to account for what I above refer to. And perhaps the worst feature of it is that they nlay for money, or even for their clothing.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 October 1924, Page 2
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120FIFTY YEARS AGO. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 October 1924, Page 2
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