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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 8, 25 August 1909, Page 7

He thought that those who described the Maoris as savages did not use the word in its true meaning, for the natives were not human beings in a constant state of rudeness, untaught and without cultivation of mind and. manners. It might not be a pleasant thing for Europeans to learn, but it was quite true that the better class of Maoris in the early days, and to a certain extent at the present time, regarded the average white man as one possessing extremely bad manners.— Mr A. Hamilton, Director of the Dominion Museum. Some people say that the Government should give everybody a job. But I don’t know how it would work out. It would demoralise everybody. Some say, “Put we Socialists in and you will see heaven.” But I don’t trust Socialists for being better than anybody else. I wouldn’t like to be in the power of a Socialist Government. Think of the bullying-up of Government bosses. — The Bishos of. Tas mania.