NATIVE LAND COMMISSION.
GISBORNE, December 10. The Waiapu Natives intimated to tha Native Land Commission that they all de- \ tired to go farming, and, if their land were ( cut up it would not be 500 acres apiece, j They desired, to retain their land, and thatf no purchases be made. The position 6f the Waiapu land is thus stated: — Papatipuf lands, 143,000 acres; titles ascertained, * 60,000; leased to Europeans, 200,000 acres ;{' native owned, 403,000 acre*: • I Sir Robert Stout, replying, said tho 'Maoris' only hope r rested in their become 'ing a fanning people. He warned themT of the evils of drink. The only way for, the race to live wae for them to work; and to practise the simple life. He pointed , out that Parliament had decreed that whab I land they did- not use must be sold or,, ■ leased. Me bod never seen more beautiful pastoral country than theirs, and it would! be ft disgrace to them if they did not make it one of the finest districts in the Dominion. mm .
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Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 17
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174NATIVE LAND COMMISSION. Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 17
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