The Native Lands Question.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7924, 13 September 1905, Page 2

The Native Lands Question.

(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 11. Some references to the native land question were, made r>y the Prcmien to a deputation, from Levin, who ed on the Government the necessity, of bringing into profitable occupation the native lands now lying idle, and especially a certain unutilised area, in the Levin district.. Mr Scddon said the time Was not far distant jwhen something must be done towards settling the waste lands of the natives. His great difficulty was jn getting the natives thcmselves t who were naturally conservative on this question, to sec that the present condition of things could not long continue. He believed that the Maori Land Councils, if given time, would do something! towards solving; the difficulty. He mentioned a block of native land on the Auck, land district, beliind which were ai number ol Europeans making a secret arrangement with the natives, and' if the land were thrown open to-mor, row they, would be confronted wlihr ■difficulties. Some ol these psopio stood to make from £SOOO to $lO- - apiece. He did not .think itvas right for certain people to flat hold of native land (by illegal agreements, a»d, making thousands, wanted la keep tilings as they ,were,