MAORIS AND DRINK.
CHIEF JUSTICE ON THE SUBJECT. Wanganui, May 28. The fact that drink was urged as an extenuating circumstance in a charge against a Native youth in the Supreme Court to-day, led to some trenchant remarks by the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout). His Honour said that it was evident that drinking was being permitted among Maoris, and that the Native race was doomed to destruction if steps were not taken to deal with the matter. He did not think the Maoris were now half as numerous as when he arrived in the Dominion. “We are stronger than they to bear their burdens,” proceeded his Honour, “but nothing is being done to prevent the Maori race being destroyed by an evil we have brought amongst them.”’
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1833, 30 May 1918, Page 3
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128MAORIS AND DRINK. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1833, 30 May 1918, Page 3
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