Lyttelton—July 13: Arrived, Rangatira, G. 45 a.m., from Wellington; Port Waikato, 9 a.m., from Wellington; Storm, 7.30 a.m., from Timaru.
The statement that despite a recent announcement by the East Coast Commissioner, Mr. J. S. Jessep, there were still a large number of Maoris on sustenance in Hawke’s Bay, was made by the chairman, Mr. F. B. Logan, at the meeting of the Hawke's Bay County . Council. It was mentioned by Cr. E. H. Beamish that Mr. Jessep was understood to have made a telephonic statement to the press replying to the assertion made at the last meeting of the council that there were a large number of Maoris on sustenance in the district. Mr. Jessep had stated that he had absorbed all the Hawke’s Bay unemployed Maoris in the Wairoa district. Mr. Logan: There are still a large number of Maoris on sustenance in Hawke’s Bay, which gives a denial to Mr. Jessep’s assertion. Mr. Jessep does not know what he is talking about.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19376, 14 July 1937, Page 15
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