MAORI REPRESENTATION.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 135, 1 March 1909, Page 2

MAORI REPRESENTATION.

The Prime Minister's Views. On the Euoitc c Maori reprcstntatio ier eras asked b\ a ii he would e\/> c ~ i-g the suggestion V c a d be abolished c- C-Qxs placed o He | replied th Maori | reprt-a- 1 ?lc, prmed \ r titution 01 l had greath the

settlement of ntatty cLficuic cuestions which had arisen a; .tctweer. the two races. "ft must bo retrorteerech ; ' he continued, "that :'::■::••. arc- still many important matters of interest to both Natives and iouroye>rs v,h:ch have to be dealt wit!-, by the Legislature, and in these cases it is to their cv'r stt-eci&l representatives that the Maori cecc'le can look for truLbnco and information with a degree ef oorrcerce that thev could not be cxrceteo! to cisrlav in regard to memlers cut;hie their "own race." I Sir Joseph acMcti chat ite considered • the omission or any rrrvisier tor Xa- : five representee; "v.-as ore cf the ; weak poir.t- of the rev South African constitution, arc it- had uolrted tins sought ir ryuarl tt toot constitution, He did r.ct tit ho: the choc- oa= ritte for the abohci.a ■.f the soeoial Maori ret> rce.s ot e.octirg their own causes tv.t: yt ::•:"- ied chem'to ciect ='M ■ cctet ■. ■ a:arcvu.er party would -'- - ;'-:tt :tuv to cy crate- in districts in '•'■'■--'■'. ".ut-y "'-'ve. a prLoontittating fac-