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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10107, 15 October 1917, Page 5

The ways of the pakcha are evidently still strange to some of the old Maori residents of the district, judging by the following store, the accuracy of which, says the Poverty P.ay Herald, has l>een vouched for. Coining into Gisborne recently an old patriarch drew a somewhat substantial chequeas the result of his interest in a certain native land transaction. Depositing £IOOO in tho hank he set off on a new career, seeking to enjov to the full the benefits of civilisation. I [is first cheque on hi- account was one for £560 for a motor car. Cheque? on lua account followed for sums of £SO, £3O. and various “livers." Kveutually. having “overrun the constable," one of his cheques was returned with the endusement “N.S.F” Proceeding to obtain the advice of a gentleman connected with native matters, he bitterly complained that ho was being “had. Tho old man indignantly scorned tho explanation that his funds were exhausted, insisting that he was being beaten. Ihp cheque book was produced, and a tally taken to demonstrate the state of his ac ; count, but figures or no figures the Maori was obdurate. Pointing to the unused cheque forms the old man declared he had twelve or fourteen more cheques left, and while they remained he failed to see vhy they could not bo used. It was only after a lengthy and heated argument tho veteran was convinced on the point. Feeling aroused among some youths by the friendly relations between white girls and coloured men led to a riot in the East End of London, in which stones, sticks, knives and firearms were used. Several men were brought before tho Magistrate and charged with insulting language. Dismissing the case against one coloured man, tho Magistrate remarked that British justice was the samo for the black man as for the white.