AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
A RULING BY JUDGE PALMER. Press Association. .WELLINGTON,. April 30. A decision of considerable interest to Maoris was given to-day by Chief Judge Palmer, of the Native Land Court. In effect, lie held that, a European child adopted by an .aboriginal native cannot participate in any estate left by the native at death.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2179, 1 May 1908, Page 2
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56AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2179, 1 May 1908, Page 2
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