NOTICE TO THE MAORIES AND PAKEHA.
A considerable number of Maories are now constantly engaged in the pay and under the superintendence of white men. Now, intercourse of this nature is beneficial to the Maori race, and is advantageous to the country at large, and should therefore be encounged in every way; but'tliere is one givat evil connected w'th it, to which we wish to call the attention of the Maories—and white men generally. Therefore let all Maories living acar Awrkland read carefully what now follows:
When the agreements are first made between Maories and white men, by which the J&Jaori agrees lo work at roads, bridge?, clearing land, digging potatoes, &c., it often happens that the European engaging them has an imperfect knowledge of the Maori language. It frequently follows from this and from other causes, that the agreements are not properly made, and imperfectly understood on each side. When the contract is finished, and the day of settlement comes, disputes arise, simply because the terms of agreement were never properly understood. A number of cases of this description are every week brought before the Native Secretary, and are wiih difficulty arranged. Occasionally, however, a mailer has to be taken into the Court. Now these di.Tumi ties should be avoided and we suggest that in future, oil agreements between Maories and Pakehas for execn-'lng works should be drawn up, and translated at the Native Secretary's Office, before the work is commenced. By this means the terms will be thoroughly understood"at the beginning, and lliose quarrels will cease. Let the Maories attend to these words.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 9, 30 September 1856, Page 10
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265NOTICE TO THE MAORIES AND PAKEHA. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 9, 30 September 1856, Page 10
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