NATIVE LANDS.
AX OLD CHIEF'S CONCERN. By Telcgrajb,—Press Association. Hamilton, Thursdav. famgakawa Te Waharoa, a well, known Jlatamata chief, passed through Hamilton to-day on route to Wellington, overland, for the purpose of paying a final visit to the New Zealand Parliament in an endeavor to obtain a settle, ment for his countrymen of tlie native lands question. He states that the Maoris arc more anxious than the. Europeans for a satisfactory settlement of the great question. On his way to Wellington, Taingakawa states, he. will visit all the chief settlements that they might bear with lnm the voices of an overwhelming majority of the Maori race. Already upwards of 28,000 have deliberate signed their names to a petition to King Edward' asking the Crown of England to take the matter up. ° Taingnlcawa. says he will do hi* utmost to effect a settlement with the novernment, but in the event of failure is determined to go to England and lav the ease before, the Throne. He claim's that the. Treaty of Wnitangi was for the protection of the. Maori race.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 197, 24 September 1909, Page 2
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179NATIVE LANDS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 197, 24 September 1909, Page 2
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