NEW ZEALAND AND FIJI.
AN INTERESTING SPEECH.'
By Telegraph—Press Association. ■Wellington, last night. Speaking to-day at the luncheon to the Sixth Contingent, Sir Henry Berkley, late 'Chief Justice of Fiji, said the people of Fiji, white and black alike, had followed the fortunes of the New Zealanders in the war with interest almost akin to that displayed by the people of New Zealand themselves. The manner in which the j, ' Government of New Zealand had treated Maoris was one of the brightest gems in the history of responsible Government. It was impossible to tell what was 1 to be the destiny of this young and great country. A time might come when the; people of New Zea- ' land would find themselves called upon to . */ assume wider duties an 1 greater responsibilities towards the native races in the Paoific than they had hitherto done. Tho treatment of the Maoris in Now Zealand had boon an object lesson to the people of the islands in the Pacific. It had given them confidence and the hope that the day would come when they would be none the worse for closer union.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 418, 17 May 1902, Page 3
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