The Maoris and the Lawyers.
A case occurred the other day that will illustrate the fact that a knowledge of the law with its expensively tortuous ways, is gradually coming home to the Maori mind. A dispute arose between some Natives and white men on the question of a lease of some land and the ! title. The aid of the law was called in j and freely granted, but at a price. Our Maori friends sat down and counted up the probable cost, and the upshot was, they found that if they won the case they would have neither land nor money left, and if they lost, the result would be precisely the same. After a little cogitation they decided to haul down their colors, and permit the difficulty to be settled amicably, so they paid the other side all expenses, and have promised not to give any more trouble, as they desire to have a little land and money left to live on during their declining years. This sort of thing, if it continues to spread, will be a severe blow to Maori doctors and others of like kidney.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 98, 1 May 1883, Page 2
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