NATIVE RATES
GEORGE
SHAL®ON.
(To the Editor). Sir, — In a report of the last county council meeting I was surprised to see that Cr. Black said he had been inforrfted, with regard to native rates, that Sir Apirana Ngata had told the natives that they could not be sued for two years and to taihoa till then, I am surprised at Cr. Black making such a statement without first of all verifying the facts. Perhaps it is because Cr. Black has had too little experienee as a member of a public body. It gives me great pleasure as Government representative on the local native committee, to state that Sir Apirana Ngata repeatedly told the natives that they must pay their rates when their farms were producing and that all the Maoris are quite anxious to pay rates and at the end |f the season I feel sure that the propbrtion of paid Maori rates will W equal to those of the European. — I am, etc.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 379, 14 November 1932, Page 7
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165NATIVE RATES Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 379, 14 November 1932, Page 7
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