MAORI VIEW OF LIFE INSURANCE.
Mr Cbi])coti. tin- travulliiiLr fi.troui tor tiie Governait'iit I n>u ra nee I). -par . uu-nl. in a lcrluri: rcrnulv iieliviiv.l In' lu'.m in AucK'ljuid, uan'nicl rhe f o i 1 < nv i n lt aniusiiii^ intriilent : — Tlie Iri'iutvr wi<, one <lay waitin. for the tijijujaraiu-i' of 1 1 l«- «>« ncr of a house, who was inside at (iniiu-r. A ]\laori passed tlie lci.-Lurer on the Mi'eet, and accosted him ti. us: "What you— 3 r ou surrej'fjr 'i " "No." '" Ali.' " rejnincd the Maori. ''You doctorr" '">"<»." The Maori looked nun-plusseil. '"Look here," said the ji^ent, " y.>u j»jiv mftwo pound — two pound. You die, the Government pay your wife and piccannies £2<W— £3oo." "Ah! kapai." said the Maori; "I pay now the two pound — two pound, 3'ou pay me the£2Uo." "Sv ! no!" said the aueut, - ym die first — your wife get the .1200." "Xakino,"j cried the .Maori; "No fear me die. No good insurance." Tlie .Maori lefi.-Auck-land Observer.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 44, 18 November 1882, Page 3
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161MAORI VIEW OF LIFE INSURANCE. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 44, 18 November 1882, Page 3
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