THE ADVANTAGES OK THE SAVINGS' BANK THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 10, 10 May 1849, Page 4

THE ADVANTAGES OK THE SAVINGS' BANK THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

(Continued from our last.) This is a custom from the other side of the water ; such Banks were long since estaiblished in the Towns of England in which labourers, young people, and seivants m-y have their money taken care of, cr any other person: who wish to lay aside their spare cash. I'or the saws purpose such a Hank i< established lure that you .may li-_> on an equality w.lli the pakelia. h is not snppo-ed lliat any person wi'd briii',' ill he possess to such "a I!.nk, hut lliat f.ir which he ha< no immediate use, that it m.iy he secure. Tin's is ihc intc-i.li-ni. A man goes to work, he earns mom V, part of which lie spends on Cool, mid cloth;'--, and •' portion still remains, it is this the iviuainder, lint he is recommended to place in tni' I! .n.'c, that the g.'nthui.'ii who hnve In en appjinltd Trustee t may take care of it for linn. Don't mistake the matter. The money is not given up lor ever, don't lhi»k you will never see it .again,'nil that is intend'd is to save it and when a person desins to have what he has placed in the Hank back ugiitl he will receive it with interest. The money placed in the Hank will not be allowed to remain idle, it will be invested and produce a profit, and when a pcrion wishes what he has deposited he will receive it with interest. The ruies and regulations are printed in maori. rend them : you will find them at the cmlol this Hook. Perhaps by this time yon are enquiring what are the advanta-e- ■ i such an Establishment. Thev are many. I "ill tell you. f. It will prevent i/ottr money from being wauctt. Ami now you nre roady 10 enquire, What da you mean by wasting it? It is wasted when exchanged for tobacco, intoxicating liquors, guns and powder, and many foolish ihings which foreigners have, introduced among you.° Nov if you expend your money on such things', is it not wasted? wise men think ,it |s. God never made your loud to »iuw that it might bo wasted hut for your support, and ho never gives you money thai you may throw it away on that which is woilhless. et such is the conduct of the many. Look at many Tribes that have sold their land, end received money ill payment, and otl.crs that have prepared l-'lax ami so'd it, and others that grow food and sell it, and men that are labouring for the pakeba ; just nsk some of tliem where is your money that you have received forvour land mid other properly ? They mavsay; We have filled our pipes with it, smoked it away,—we have thrown it into the public house;—we have spent some at the Theatre, and some we have given u.vay. What foolish work is this ! Land wasted, food wasted, the strength of man wasted for such iliiii"s ! Land is gone, Flax i<= gone. Pigs htc "one° and labour endured andtlK'ie is nothing "0 shew because the payment received has been wasted. Don't mistake me, and iliink I am blaming von for winking or (lading, no such thing. You ought to work, it is right to do so. We cannot approve of an idle person. <jod <l<-es not approve an idle person, he says *' if a man will not work neither should he eat." lie industrious. Labour at your land. Prepare l-'hix, grow wheat, he etrong at this. (To bo continued.)