POLITICAL SITUATION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 119, 17 May 1912, Page 4

POLITICAL SITUATION.

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■■■•.■.■'■ ';■■ Cpbesb association.! ■ • ,-.: '•'"'-'"■ v ■; / '- ..'■.' ■'■%-. 'r;.GISBORNE;. May:i7./r::: ; TheVHqn. Ma- Macdonald. Ministsr ': for;.'.W6rk^':T;nd\;.-fNiatiy©;/^ffairsi---.w»i9-,-i, entortained by an eiithusia^ic v gather- ' ing of hiSj constituents at Te^EjxfiiUa,, 1! «jjd;p¥eseTitedr Avith an illuminated, aV«-/' dress. . /Interviewed,•••••Mr. Maodoii.ilpl-' said that Jast ye:m- 8361,000 acres, of--Naitive■lands.v.'ere dealt with. by w?;^"" of leuse, ajid 31,867 ;by;Avay' of siilo: ; 121,744 were purchased' by the- GVowjii, ' '■> aaid .a. further ,100^000 a^-es^prol^iblvr/ wpukl be purchased saoftlyl;' maKln]; ;a,tpt;il;pf Mr-Miicdonald/considered^that; ■'i¥& > Native ;Lo.nd(^uii:s^ their work in , -a bout three yeaaw''timei' -