MAORIS AND ALCOHOL.
VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. AUCKLAND OFFICIAL'S REPOR.T. [by telegraph:. —SPEClAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Monday. A great trouble here, ,or perhaps the greatest, is the drink question, states the district health officer at Auckland, reporting on the health of the Maoris, in the annual report of the Public Health Department. " This is a prohibited district for the natives, but the amount of sly grog-selling that goes on is simply appalling. Useless pakeha men make quite a big living in this way, selling drink at twice it« value. The natives take it to their settlements. They have sheds in which to store it. At every funeral, tangi, or entertainment of any kind, the majority arc drunk. Three different school teachers have told me of their pupils being drunk after attending a tangi. One small child of about five was seen by a teacher to be drunk, and carrying a bottle of liquor. This sort of indulgence must surely be injuring their health. The natives while in this state become very savage,* and it is not the nicest thing for me to be going among them while they are in this state."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16040, 5 October 1915, Page 9
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190MAORIS AND ALCOHOL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16040, 5 October 1915, Page 9
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