£2,000 YEAR.

Otaki Mail, 1 September 1922, Page 4

£2,000 YEAR.

i ... * ( We are advised ysays tlie l'ahiierston 'fillies; luuiii an uine.ul source, ifi.it tile cost ul issuing Hie "kakete .Maori," the sole purpose u! which is to nolily tlie sitmigs ul me .Native Laud Fuuri, aniuuut to no less ihuii Dioou pet aimiiia. In addition, it is | considered hccessaiy to t.-sue a sepa--1 rate l’anui ur notice to each person concerned, so that the sole object of the expensive kaheie or Gazette, appears to he the lulfihnem ot the formality deuiaimed oy me Act. it may even be considereu worth while to amend an Act oi l-’ariiament to save cmwu a year, or to incorporate it whii the oruitiaiy Goveiinuent Gaz.ette m English. Jneie is not one Maui i in ten who cannot read or write English, and hut one of the remainder who cannot have the constant services of a capable interpreter iit his kainga. Moreover, the legal circumlocution oi these gazette forma lilies and proclamations are as Greek to the native mind, more especially when rendered in Hu rope anise. I Maori language. For instance, one notice in a recent issue labours with the word "incorporate’' thus: Tvtia \\ halm Kapiirehianatia a Arthur William de Driio Seville, Far! of Liverpool ie Kawana Tienera o te fuiDiiiiumi a Nut l iiiiu mo te Karauna." This i> neither Maori nor Knglish. and lor Ihe henelit oi both races we may add that this grotesque ufricial pidgin Mauri Fnglish sentence means "which was incorporated Kaputeiliana. by the Governor-Gene-ral ol ihe Dominion uf New Zealand for the Flown Kawana Tienera o te Tomitiiontt a niu Tirini mo te Ivaraunii! ;. Surely there must he a more effective utui less expensive means of carrying out these awful formalities. We learn, however, that tlie re are actually six subscribers to this Ka-' hetc who are not on the free list, possibly they are state Departments also j