MAORIS AND ALCOHOL
VERH SERIOUS PROBLEM.
AUCKLAND OFFICIAL'S REPORT.
(Fbom Ode Own COBBmdNnmrr.) WELLINGTON, October' 4.
" A great deal of 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. Some pakeha men -make quite a big living, in this way,, selling drink at twice, its value. The >Natives take it „to their homes, and men. women, and children partake of it freely and become intoxicated. At all Maori settlements they have sheds in which to store it At every funeral, tangi,> or entertainment of any kind the majority are drunk. Three different school teachers have told me of their pupils being drunk after attending a tangi. One small child, of about five'years of ago, was seen by a teacher to be drunk and carrying a bottto 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."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16506, 5 October 1915, Page 2
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