DRUNKENNESS AMONG THE NATIVES.
The Native officer at Eotorua reports to the Government that drunkenness there is on the increase, as the large sums of money they get from the rents of their lands, and the expenditure ,of tourists,. together with the large rental obtained nnder the Thermal Springs Act, for the township of Eotorua has, it appears, completely demoralised them. They cultivate less, and drink more, anticipating a time in the near future, when they will bo able to live without work on the income produced by their rents. Death and disease, with the exception of measles, appear to have wrought less havoc among the Maoris in the past year than daring its immediate predecessors. Gum digging, timber felling, shearing, whaling, and corn growing, afford the means of livelihood to the Maoris in the Northern Districts. Purely Native schools are in some districts well attended, in others the Maoris seem to set no store by them, and allow their children to run wild in so far as their schooling is concerned.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2915, 29 July 1882, Page 3
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172DRUNKENNESS AMONG THE NATIVES. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2915, 29 July 1882, Page 3
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