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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 November 1915, Page 3

1 liie ixiy ot i'ieiny runes staLe. LiiaL at a meeting oi the Taunnig; naibour Board last weoli it was rcsoiv ed.—-I'liat Hie lion. H. ilerriesbo i\ipiepted to make arrangements witi me Department having charge ol sue; matters to have St. Geoige's Bay a i\atikati Head.? official iy named Anz.u thiy, in commemoration of our heron •joys and their fellow soldiers who •; gallantly eJi'ected a lauding at it ay at Gallipoli. An interesting little piobiein h. eugenics and tne improvement ol tb... niiuaii breed: is sou the <~jueeiisiaiid t<o '. eminent by Mr J. \\. rdealiley, ouui rioLeutor "ol the Aborigines;, wir., draws attention in his annual report i<> Lhe preponderance oi males anions are natives on the inlands in Tone. .Strait. ''This continual increase - .dales in a very serious problem, ' he oaya. li noi tiolvod it will inevitably .end 10 an increase 01 iunuorality, ana piobably to tiif destruction of mute children at biitii. Many ol the isiaud>t,s arc related to the Western faptianu and il arrangements could ue made with tiie l'upiiau Uovernmeiit o permit a number 01 their native ■women io i mUIo to the islands to marry o'li boy. 1 -; it would, j. oeiieve, prove a satieiuciory solution. Many oi tlio young nwjii are unable to lind partners amoi-g their own people, and this iniu&km- ol new blood won id probably prevent the tlege.iuru.tiou oi this line .sturdy race. I'l.e pound penalties were iinpos.u a', n auganui by Mr \l. -t. fiaseidon, 6M.. in connection with cases aganut a native naniedi \Vaki Taki ivopae lor diivaig his motor car at a iuribus rate along ih(j rivor b.utk, and lor not stopping alter he had knocked down a little gii]. In giving his decision his Vvoiiiiip said lie lelt quite sure tlnu ileitudaut had "been trying to catch a iraiii at Aramoho, and was travelling a- altogether an unreasonable rate oi speed. lu imposing a hue of £5 lot iuiioUo da'iving, he remarked that iu hoped it would have the effect of making the roads safer. a conviction wai; entered ou Die 'second information and a- line of £o imposed. "It shout, k well impressed upon everybody wh:. dines a car," Mr liasekien "saidi, "lua. ii an aeeidont happens it is their diu,\ t, pull up." \VieScii\s Abraham and Williams ana D.ilgety and Co., Ltd., udvcrti.se <ntries for their Otaki stock bulmj to be held on Tuesday next.