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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 414, 23 July 1908, Page 4

Speaking at the Maor Conference, the Hon. Mr Carroll; in an address, said he was pleased u 'ind the Maoris were now ready to regard the Maori Councils s uiously, and not to look upon them as playthings, as once there was some disposition to do. It had been said that the ' Act under which the Councils got their power did not give enough. If that was so let the Maoris move to have the Act amended. Mr Carroll spoke of the old system of sanitation, stating that after the advent of the white man disagreements took place, and the canoe began to drift. The time had come to make a strong effort to get back to better health conditions. Eet the Maoris get the drifting canoe, turn it round, face it to stem the torrent, and by proper attention to sanitation improve their dwellings so that their peoble would become as physic lly fit as their ancestors. The allure of the Maori Councils t<> effect improvement so far might pa;Jly be due to insufficient power and funds, but it had to be further said that jealousy on the part of those who were not members had made the work more difficult.

“There’s a lot of ignorance among Europeans as to the conditions of the Maori race,’’ said Mr J. Thornton, president of the Te. Ante Association, at the Maori Congress in Wellington. "People see one Maori loafing about, and thin-: that the whole matter of fact, the i s often he himself