THE CURSE OF THE KING COUNTRY.
THE NATIVE LAND TROBLEM
(Per Press Association. )
AUCKLAND
March 17
Mr. Massey, Leader of the Opposition, returned to Auckland la.st night after a tour of tho King Country. He said to-day, that lie was impressed with the evident si^ns of development sines his la*t tcv.r of tho district. Settlein en b has made considerable progress. 'I'ho curse of the King Country, however, is as acute us ever in Mr. Marsey's opinion, and the' progress of Kawhia town find d'strict, in particular, is being strangled! because of iho vast areas of locked un Native land which exist. Kawhia itself, is simply circled by miles of Native land, which lies idle and imrroductive, and through which the Europeans have to make 'roads in order to Teach their own settlonitnts in the Iwickblocks. H© has been placed in possession of full facts and figures of conditions obtaining in the King Country, and intends; bringing tho question fuliv
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12708, 20 March 1911, Page 7
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