Traffic in White Chil-DREN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 138, 18 May 1883, Page 2

Traffic m White ChilDREN.

I [Wanganui Paper. ~\ A man and his wife who some time ago were employed m one of the Wanganui hotels, have rid themselves of encumbrances by selling their two children to the Maoris. One of these youngsters, a flaxen »headed boy of four, was thus disposed of by his affectionate parents of Aperahama, the well-known chief, and the promising young European investment is now running about, happy aud contented, well fed and [clothed, amongst the natives at I Matatara. The child now talks Maori fluently, and m material comforts is a great deal better off than when ho en» joyed the advantage of European parents. The, other child was disposed of m a similar way to the natives m the WaL rarapa. The amount of the purchase money has not transpired, but m Aperahama's case we are inclined to think | that " natural love and affection" had { a good deal to do with the matter.