that the proportion of Maori in the armed forces today per head of population is greater than that of the Pakeha? At least we are fully conscious of our obligation to the defence of the world's ideals? Surely, he concluded, we have proved our right to have our own way in this matter. Thus it was, at the Executive meeting at Hastings on the 28th of July last, the President of the 28th Maori Battalion Association Kuru Waaka, the Secretary, Monte Wikiriwhi and I were delegated to place our case before the Minister. The concluding dinner was a memorable one. Two highlights in my opinion made it so. Peta Awatere proposed the toast to absent friends. We were with him to a man. He struggled, unlike him. We knew why. Ws sympathised, but we souldn't help him, so overcome with emotion we were. We, too, wept as he did. The singing of that evergreen hymn, “Au e Ihu tirohia,” left very very few, if any, dry-eyed men in the hall. We did not finish the hymn. It brought back the memories of those who were present with us only in spirit, whose bodies now enrich the foreign fields in peace. We came away from Rotorua inspired by the knowledge that we had achieved something. That something could well be the strengthening in our resolve to continue to fight for peace through peace.

BRIEF NOTES Pensioners' flats built by the Whangarei Borough Council are for all New Zealanders whether Maori or Pakeha. A motion was passed by the Council last July with the purpose of making this quite clear. Although no discrimination had ever been intended, no application had been received from a Maori in sixteen years. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The number of live births in New Zealand last year was 62,850 of whom 7,145 were Maori. This means a new increase in the Maori birth rate. Maori births are now 11.4% of the New Zealand total which means that of every nine babies born one is a Maori. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The number of secondary scholarships available to Maori school children has been increased from 80 to 92 per year. As previously, the scholarships will normally be current for four years and of a value of £75 for boys and £70 for girls. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The Tauranga County Council has found that since a Maori rates clerk (Mr S. Kanepu) was appointed, collection of rates over Maori land increased from 46% to 69%—an extra £5,000.

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