NATIVE INQUIRY.
PINAL SESSION. Per Press Association. GISBORNE, June 2. Before the Native Commission, today, Wiremu Potae, an East Coast chief, submitted a statement reviewing the history of East Coast social customs, welfare work and tribal relations. . Henare Ruru, one of the tribal leaders of Turanga, spoke of the importance of maraes and commercial gatherings of tribes. Evidence had been given at Auckland that moneys had been wasted on tangis and meeting-houses. If the moneys came out of the Maori purposes fund witness considered it proper, as he regarded such moneys as the property of the Maoris. His people desired that their lands should remain under the East Coast Commission and not be transferred to the Native Trustee. The Commission will sit again at Rotorua on Tuesday.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 157, 4 June 1934, Page 2
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127NATIVE INQUIRY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 157, 4 June 1934, Page 2
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