PETITIONING THE KING.
■■■-■;'■■ IIAOEI .CHIEF'S J PPRPpSEf: 7'. .',;•:- ;. (By rclccrapU.-l'rcts ißsoblnllon.l '■ .'■". .■ V.'j '.:'■.'.' .. ,■"..'..' ■-■■:, ■ Hamilton;. September',23.'".". Taingakavfa' To ,: AValiaroa,-. : tho ■ well-known •-.'' Jlatamati'chief.i passey ; ';'tUrbußh Hamilton..today| ■ ■pn l '':,roUlo , to "; ; Wellington, ,overland •'. for. ,\ thp '-"purposo': of ■hpA'ying : a'. final -visit.: : tp, tho New '-■'. Zealand>'- "Parliament;■ i. in',. ■■' an :' cndea'vflur..'-'..tq ■'• .obtain:'. 1 "a ■ ■ reasonnblo settlement for" his countrymen ,, of;'tho Native ■■ lands question,'- Ho states tho Maoris aro more ~ anxious thirn tho Europeans for a satisfactory ■ -,■■ settlement of,the great question. Onliisiway, to Wellington, Taingakawa state's,'ho will visit- . all tho;chief settlements, and bear.with him tho Voices of an overwholiiinß majority, of the Maori race.' '.Already: upwards of' 28,000, have L. deliberately signed their names to n petition ;,, to-.King.Edward,' asking' the Crown of England "-.' to (ako tho matter up. Taingnkawa-snys he' will do' his utmost to, effect a sottlbmcnt with the. Government, but in, tho event of failure is determined;to'go-.to'England' to lay the -,'. case. beforc : the Throne. Ho oltiims: that'- the '" Treaty of Waitangi was for tho protection of tho'Maori lacp.' ~.••.•-.'.■. '■■'■,■.' .."■.■:-, ■-■•.•'■-'.-'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 620, 24 September 1909, Page 4
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164PETITIONING THE KING. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 620, 24 September 1909, Page 4
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