NATIVE LAND LAWS.
... .. "KEYSTONE OF THE POLICY. 1 ' ; The need for amendment in IJativd land laws was brought under thei'notice of the Minister for Native Affairs (the . Hon. W. H. Herries) by Mr. J. M. Kijlen,' at Whangarei on Tuesday, They are worthless to Europeans, and dangerous and degrading to Natives, said Mr. Killen, who emphasised particularly the great delay experienced in obtaining necessary titles to the frequent adjournments of the Land Court. _ ■ Mr. Herries stated that the question of Native lauds waß a very important on# indeed to the district, and he would bo pleased to receive any private suggestion* in the direction of improving its administration. • ' ~... _ "My endeavour, concluded Mr. Her< ries, '"will always be to try and facilitate Gxchange between. Maori and pakeha, providing the. Native gets n fair remuneration, and does not divest himself of all his land. That is the keystone of my. policy."
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1698, 14 March 1913, Page 4
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149NATIVE LAND LAWS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1698, 14 March 1913, Page 4
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