MAORIS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AUCKLAND, August 19. " The Maoris are not clean. They are afflicted with skin, diseases, and if they are continually in the close neighbourhood, of Europeans they are liable to carry, these diseases to white people, thus M* G. Edgecumbe in advocating the, erecting of a separate school for Europeans a|? Taumg-rftjini at to-day's ineeting of tyf E|dw>ation. Board. "If it- s# n°k P«£ vided,'* contipued M* Edgecumbe, « number of children in Taumaranui wiUf not have th© benefits of a, pllbho school ejucatioij," Taumaranui ~^» referred to as 4 growing and important c«£tre, epa several members expressed, the opinion that the ejasting state of affairs -waa_ very nndesirable. The board's fcrcbitecy vqjr sljoj-tiy furnish a- report- pn- the matter, and the board will, if necessary, aaak* application for a grant.
N.o 014-worlcl success has been Krajjd«« Than that of Miss Lalla Miranda. She sanjjr "Rigoletto" Without a falsetto, A chaiipipi i .siDg9r they brand her I No voice could b§ tjyet, More clear or more- PW© (Her stand-by, we hear, ig AVSOjJs' PepjK*
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Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 14
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175MAORIS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 14
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