“KING” MAHUTA.
THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR. Per Press Association, Auckland, last night. Mahuta mat the Governor and Ministers at Government House. About dull Maoris were present. Speeches were made by the Premier and Maimta a;.u tho duels, agreeing to the Walk'.to lands coining under the Native Lands Council. It has ' been definitely settled that Mahuta Will 00 CulU'd to thy Upp-f il.Mlsr. .\[;ihnta win also hwji.ll r.i <!■•’ a member ct thj Executive. v .>•
Afu*r an imp.trtan;. inerting i.i Gjvpmmem 11 jii.- f. a: wiiioh Mr SoilfUin, Mr Ca.Toli, a, l lie M i.v.i Kim;, ami beUviun two c ol :hrcu huiulrc.l Maoris were present, M.uiuta was sworn ill as a member i f tin: L gisnuive Coaneil, mid ot the Executive Comic;!, l.u the course of a speech Mr Seddon declared | that it was a lueinorahU: day, fraught with great possibilities far the nn’.ivo race. A small section of the Ngatiiuaiiiapoto who objected to the step taken sang a chant, the effect being that if Mahutu became a Councillor it meant goad hvo to kingship and power, and that iie had gone ham the Maoris to the paladins. The majority oi the Nga'.imaiiiauJfos favored the step taken by Mahuta.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 899, 23 May 1903, Page 3
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