NATIVE LANDS COMMISSION.
Per Press Association. Wanganui, March 23. The Native L.uuls Conmiisison continued its sitting 011 Saturday, when attention was directed to the following Mocks:—Mareaekowhai, 54,000 acres; Ilanana, 31(10 acres, ami NgarakauWhakarara, 49,005 acres. The witnesses who gave evidence said there seemed to lis no hope of the natives becoming fanners, 'i'lwy appeared to lack energy, and had no desire to work. Mr. Xgata: The natives here seem to have lost their self-respect. Sir Kobert Stout: The natives here are the first I have met who do not think it their duty to preserve tlieir race. The only way they can do that is by training their young people to be industrious. The race that is not trained in industry is dead; it will be swept off the face of the earth. Sir Kobert added that the Government should provide agricultural education for the Maoris. Most of the witnesses lamented the delay in dealing with land, occasioned by the absence of a Native Laud Court in Wanganui. llis Honor remarked that this had been a blessing to the natives. If the Court had sat, the Maoris' html would have, been sold, and the money drunk long ago. The Commission resumes on Monday.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 25 March 1907, Page 2
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203NATIVE LANDS COMMISSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 25 March 1907, Page 2
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