MAORI—AND ENGLISH
MR. JUSTICE OSTLER knows the English-speaking capabilities of Maori delinquents. He quite upset a young native appearing for sentence in the Supreme Court today by cutting short the interpreter’s translation of the charge to the prisoner. -This is a bit of a farce, re ' marked his Honour. “You can speak good English, can t you . he asked the prisoner. .. . ... «| beg your pardon, replied the native, to the amusement of the "“you have asked for probation in your statement in perfectly ' we || written and grammati- ; English,” observed his Honour. An amusing interlude -occurred a few minutes later when a Eurof p *an prisoner handed a writ ton statement to the jud9 *; k ? it his Honour remarked °rily. -This was written for you by the Maori who cannot speak English. (L *Ye a sl’ t “repl i .d the prisoner.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 929, 24 March 1930, Page 1
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