THE DREAM
"ONE HURDLE AND THEN
ANOTHER"
THIS MAORI WANTS A HOUSE!
"Greetings to you and all of you. May the warm rays of the approaching summer sun thaw the cold blood stream that courses through the hearts of those An authority," ran a letter to the New Zealand Native Land Court from an East Coast Maori which was heard in the New Zealand House of Representatives recently by the member for the Eastern Maori electorate, the Hon. Sir Apirana Ngata.
The quaintly-worded missive caused considerable amusement among the Honourable Members, but so far no statement has been issued regarding the Government securing a house for the native.
"Emboldened by the speeches of our our Minister of Native Altairs (Mr Minister of Native Aflairs (Rt. Hon. himself over our glorious past and voiced his concern for our future, 1 hasten to send in an application to build a house," the letter continued. "Time went by and I Availed and in waiting I slept and in sleeping I dreamt that I was at the races taking part in a steeplechase. As I got over one hurdle there appeared another and then another and another, cach bigger than the last. When I had got once, round T heard the loudspeaker saying, 'Call the Maori off —caM the Maori c[V. "We !mr<t look ' into his special circumstances.' "In my disappointment and rage at not being allowed to finish the [ race, I awoke and great is my sorrow j that my dream ended so soon. So, without the aid of the Gods of Night, I send you this reason for applying for a house. If you had no seat in your old pants would not that be a special circumstance for a new pair? Well, sir, I have no roof to my old tent house. So God bless you and keep 3 011 long enough to' send me a new home." |
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 102, 18 December 1939, Page 6
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317THE DREAM Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 102, 18 December 1939, Page 6
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