A local gentleman interested in the Native land transactions, say's Taranaki "News,'" relates that for several months past a wellltnown Jlaori refused to sign tho transfer of a piece of his land whoso sale had been negotiated; He gavo as his reason that he was not. consumed with a burning desire to complete the deal,-as ho wished to settle the land ou his children. On Wednesday ho was passing through New Plymouth to Parihaka, and called on the agent: " You get tc paper now," .he said; "1 sign." .The agent asked. "What about the children, then?" "Oh, I get plenty morn for them," was the reply. "When you talk to mo before 1-never, sigh, because if 1 sigh then To Whiti he take half te monoy. Now To Whiti dead. By korry, I sell now; get all to inonoy I"
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 53, 26 November 1907, Page 7
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140Untitled Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 53, 26 November 1907, Page 7
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