NATIVE LANDS.
SPEECH BY THE NATIVE MXJVISTEH, Per Tress Associa/ion. Gisiiokne, Eebruary IS. eni" U «^], 11 'H ttS nf rrolUad a l, ° nfur " to-dav iLard° C \ a . mb(,r of Commerce ell ■' nf wit aii dlstrict the t '«^^te t fcc n r pof t a ' SWffMfrSHM: WAriK- - -«»• native lands, thu N . -Uni-iter and tlmt ttier,. w , only Jo !' uo fo ™ ot iwliiiiiiiKtrution.' i,i were earned out as he hoped, bought it would be, the C o .»n,i ßßio ncr :i«'eilaiii what urea should be ' s *' ' Ul ' h' as ''d to Europeans, and the liiet.ioil in respect to carry out this Will l)i" very simple. it would lie put up to public auction. The remaining the Comm'issioner n-oulil kern "i- tli,. use and occupation of the lialiM'i theni'seives, they would be ■l'liiimisii'ivd by their boards. Taore nun « only the two simple ways dw,I 1 11, K W'tli the land in the future, ! '■"■""'"' Of the Commissioner was ■la he expected it would be. The Nairn- f 1 "" 1 bee " doi "S fe ,o()lJ work M
All' I-vsnar: Question? I' Carroll; Oh, well, y„ u ean a | - \ai„ question anything. Jf ] w ,. r „ to say the local body was doing good wor terewou'dalwa^b.^,^; .' -Uly to question it. (Umfctw), lay aie doing the best possible, but no doubt it does not give everybody satisfaction, as, for instance, the Jiuropeau who \vai{ts to purchase qr to iea.-e straight oil' to-morrow. The Native Board is a new creation, ani its movements naturally clog, and it is only by experience wo find what assistance and improvement is required to make it work smoothJy. As the result of the Commission there would be two methods of dealing wi th native and. What it did not decide should be sold or leased (and there would be iio ■li/liculticß in getting titles) would be managed by their Board, lie also anticipated that a number of blocks of native land of large area in this distmt and m other districts of the co« lony would be submitted to 'the Commission upon which to operate. When supplied with all the necessary information, ami given areas to deal with, the Commission would then formulate the best scheme to advance, and would, he hoped, get native affairs on to such a business footing that it) would settle the much vexed question once and for all. (Hear, hear).
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 16 February 1907, Page 2
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393NATIVE LANDS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 16 February 1907, Page 2
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