A MAORI APPEAL.
"To the -writer of the Shining Star of the Heavens, Hawera," begins a letter by al Maori to the "Hawera Star," and then eon-* tinues :— " Friend, greeting. The Maori i* the victim. You and the people are the 1 doctor; whisky, and the men who pcdsort the Maori with it, the devil. Can you, or, rather will you, save us? You hold the reing of power, and can, through healthy publitf opinion, force the police to insist upon thei ■ law being kept. Daily— l do n ot exaggerate as do. some pakeha abstainers— daily, I saymy people, my women, my very childrenare besotted with drink. Will you lift utf your voice? Will the police interfere? Will the people— the people who profess so mucH 1 —rise up and strike at this ugly thing in their midst? For the sake of our falling race ' will they do. this? "
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6284, 15 September 1898, Page 2
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150A MAORI APPEAL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6284, 15 September 1898, Page 2
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