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MAORIS IN AUSTRALIA. EXCLUDED FROM PENSIONS. FIB UNITED FREBB ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Aug. 12, Tho Hon. J. Carroll (Acting-Prime Minister) has sent tho following cable to Mr Deakin (I'riiuo Minister of Australia): —"Tho Neiv Zealand Government regrets to learn by cable thai the Federal Government haa seen lit to exclude Maoris from the benefits of tho old-age pension scheme. In New Zealand tho Maoris onjoy equal pensions and legal privileges with tho European population. Therefore tho exclusion seems un unfair restriction, especially as we do not placo any special restriction on the Australian native-born, and hence an aboriginal native Australian would be entitled to a pension under our law. The characteristic disinclination of Maoris to permanently reside outside their own land reduces the prospect of any call on your pension fund on their account to a minimum.''
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Mataura Ensign, 13 August 1909, Page 3
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137TELEGRAPHIC. Mataura Ensign, 13 August 1909, Page 3
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