DRINK AND THE MAORIS.
REMARKS BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE. Press Association.—Copyright. Wanganui, Last Night. The fact that- drink was urged as an extenuating circumstance in a charge against a Native youth at the Supreme Court to-day, led to some trenchant remarks by the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout). His Honor said that it was evident drinking was being permitted among the Maoris, and the Native race was doomed to destruction if steps were not taken to deal with the matter. He did not think Maoris were now half as numerous as when he arrived in the Dominion. "We are stronger than they to bear their burden," proceeded his Honor, "but nothing is being done to .prevent the Maori race from being destroyed by the evil we have "brought in amongst them."
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1918, Page 4
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131DRINK AND THE MAORIS. Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1918, Page 4
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