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Otago Witness, Issue 3864, 3 April 1928, Page 30

The booking receipts in connection with the “ Rose Marie ” performances in Inver, cargill amounted to £1057, while the total receipts are estimated to be in the vicinity of £l5OO. The Government tax amounted to approximately £125., When asked' by Judge F. 0. V. Acheson in the Tokerau Native Land Court what was the position in regard to payment of rates on Native land which had been sold to a pakeha and subsequently purchased by a Maori, an amusing answer was given (reports the Northern Advocate). Pirmiha Whareumu, chairman of the Maori Council, said: “ Well, » Maori who is, game enough to buy back Native land should be game enough"to pay the rates on it.”