NATIVE MATTERS.
The Premier mat Mahutu andottiief
®& Wl#* tad writt^fa the tfeejffative Conncil, withdrew tMWtter.'THffPremier said, with reference to the confiscated lands, ~ they would, as far as pqssible, give land • to those to Re- ' Serves set religion and education by chgjghe*, he said 'the churches had failed ip their duty, as the lands wars Jaw waste, and if they were no! utibsedior the purposes for which they were granted, they should be banded back so that they oould be turned to . aecount. He was prepared to give the Natives further self government, if Parliaments would sanction the sune. Mr Seddcu asked Mahatu if he had made a cle ranee of sly g'rog-selliDg in the King Country. The police wert . unable to grapple with the matter, and if he was assured that the Maoris, if left to themselve?, would suppress the evil, he was prepared to ask Parliament to giro the necessary power. HdsmH-fcaibau promised - that it power 'TOs given to Mahutu the consumpwurßtrontd atFocce cease. Mahutu will withdraw all oppos.it on to the large a'eanjfc log . thrown open to# J settlenfant /on t> .* nomination to the Upper House. As a result of the conference, half million acres of MaorriatuJ } T?ill<be handed over to the Nitwa'Olinietl, which sits on May 26th. A million and a half acres will come in later. A taut 18,000 acres near Morrins villi will be haritled to Native Council at once. * •/•-?« i . ifs -J i.:
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 116, 18 May 1903, Page 4
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239NATIVE MATTERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 116, 18 May 1903, Page 4
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