COUNCIL'S AMENDMENTS
The amendments made by the Legislative Council in thu Scenery Preservation urnl I'ompuuies Bills were ugreed to.
MAOHE MATTRHS
In moving the committal of tln» Maori Councils Act Amendment Hill Hon. J Carroll said that the work being done liy the great majority of the (.'oxnitiJs was satisfactory anil much good had lioon doiu- In some cases, notahi.v in Turunaki. there was room for improvement Tlu« e\ ilw rampant there simony natives wcr,- due in o\ rr-indulgenee in liquor, which whs brought into the settlements in wholesale quantities The process of demoralisation was unchecked and the principal feature of this hill whs to penalise anyone taking liquor into a native settlement It was another step towards raising tlw Maori to a lusher level and improving tlu> conditions under which ho lived. .Model villages were being established and he hoped that the obligation resting on the white people to assist and help upward their native brethren would not lie forgotten.
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Southland Times, Issue 19202, 13 November 1903, Page 2
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COUNCIL'S AMENDMENTS
Southland Times, Issue 19202, 13 November 1903, Page 2
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