The Rangitikei Advocate, of the Gth ihst , days It is understood that Sir G. Grey leaves "almost immediately for Auckland on his way to Orakei, where he intends to be present at the Maori Parliament now sitting. This Parliament-is pionounced by every section of the press, an,unmitigated farce.’ It will probably' terminate in a big debauch, and thus serve to "remind Sir George Grey of the “good ” old times when aboriginal carnivals, were of much more frequent occurrence. This was long before the 70,000 “ voteless’.. people had become the Premier’s peculiar charge. “ Duty before pleasure,” a Custoni-bouse officer said wheri he lighted upon some smuggled tobacco a
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Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 406, 8 March 1879, Page 2
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107Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 406, 8 March 1879, Page 2
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