SOUTHERN MAORI SEAT
9 . SPEECH. BY MR. PARATA. By Telegraph—Press Association. Ghristchurch, February 18. Mr. H. Parata, the Government candidate for the Southern Maori seat, is conducting a vigorous campaign in the South Island. He addressed a meet-, ing at Rakaia on Saturday night with regard to the conscription of South Island Natives for service abroad, and urged that compulsion should not be applied. He pointed to the fine record of voluntary enlistment, amounting to 7b per cent, of eligibles. He considered the economic problem as it affect*- the Maori race could best be solved by self-reliant action on the lines of the small farmer co-operative organisations, arriving at the elimination of the middlemen's profits. He advocated the urgent'need for_ improvement in the educational facilities afforded the Maoris, also the conservation of the Maoti ianguage.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 130, 19 February 1918, Page 6
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135SOUTHERN MAORI SEAT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 130, 19 February 1918, Page 6
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