DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 8

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

r'/' ■'.■■/.'':''/' ''.''9 l ''■■ '.' '■-' ■'"■':'■'' ';>■'(^■ ,■:: ; ,•;■ ■-,'■' ■':• (Bj Taltertbii.-Siiec'lal 'Oorreioondut.l ': ,'"':_■ '..., ■■"■'• '"■>'/':■.:''■■ "■■■■ Wanflanuj, ; September 26.' .; In spite of large sums of money received for the.'«ale / ,of their, laids,many/Natives;in-this-'district are ,ih/a : deplorable state of 'destitu-.tion.:--.The::mattorV'was referred': to .at /the Chamber.:: of .'..Commerce'■ i meeting ;on Friday night, sad-the .opinion was' expressed.:that it was, time,/thai:tno -Maoris, were saved' from' themselves, alid. prevented l from handling the money received from'the sole-of their lands; it :being instead •■: invested /.in the. hands' of a responsible official -for their benefit. The way in (.which/many,.','Natives had .been squandering their money for the. past two or three-years: is appalling,; butiapparently/itJs/nbboiy's business, andit js- not' at.'- all- unlikely, that next "winter/will: see.'; an ,appeal .'on, their' behalf. •■' " Whether the/races arb more important than the protection, of'the Taylorville riverbank is not stoted,' but-a -conference on matters ar-. ranged; for/ Saturday.., between' the Borough Council : and .the Wanganui County. Council has been/.postpoh'ed'till' later,'.owing to -the. date "nbt'.being convenient.";"..//" ■'•' './•".-'/,.'' - Chas. • Bailey," medium, gave his first seance at Wanganui on Fridaymght, when the. usual "controls'!: gave {addresses, and the inevitable bird's eggs'were.produced. / Mr.! T. 8.: Williams has been elected president and Mr. .D.-MTarlane' vice-president of the' Wanganui Chamber of Commerce for the ensuing year,.,' Some members' of 'the Chamber of ■ Commerce \want the. Government to earmark (£IOO,OOO of-' the - amount to be borrowed dnnng the coming year /for the Advances to Settlers Department, to advance as loans v ,to' settlers - holding, leaseholds from the: ' Aotea Maori land.Board. ,A resolution in that direction was, moved, but further consideration was'held over for. a month.' : ■