The Napier Telegraph “ wonders whether the following story is true : ” —A certain Maori chief waited on the Native Minister to enquire the meaning of a proclamation that the Queen had entered into negotiation for the purchase of bis (the chief’s) land. The chief urged that no such negotiation bad been even dreamed of, and he regarded it as an insult that he and his people should have been deemed to have thought of selling their land. Mr Ballance regretted that the proclamation could not be removed, and be strongly advised the chief to sell to the Crown, so that there might be many pakehas on the land, and that the natives might receive much money. The chief replied that in selling their land the Maoris killed the goose that laid the golden egg, that be would never soil, and that if he could net choose what pakehas should occupy his land he would occupy it himself as a sheep run. Mr Ballance assured the chief that if he did that the Government would be well pleased.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1342, 15 September 1886, Page 3
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176Untitled Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1342, 15 September 1886, Page 3
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