BUDGET DEBATE.
HON. A- NGATA ON NATIVE LANDS.
| (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. The House met at 7.30 p m. The Hon. A. Ngata resumed his speech on the Budget. He pointed out that the law generally did not differentiate between the European and Maori. In regard to Native land legislation, he said in the past Europeans who had transactions with the Natives had not always been of the highest class. This had led to protective legislation in counection with the alienation of Native lands. Dealing with the land question, he upheld the leasehold system, and expressed the hope that the Prime Minister would appoint a Minister of Lands at an early date The question of tenure might very well be let alone for a number of years. Mr Ell dealt at some length with the decline in our industries. The House went into Commitee of Supply; and, on the motion of the Hqnv :*fc Carroll; ' progress was re-{j The House rose at 10 45 p.m. j
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10069, 17 August 1910, Page 5
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168BUDGET DEBATE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10069, 17 August 1910, Page 5
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