LANDLESS NATIVES
Allocation of 60,000 acres, It may be remembered that last session Mr T. Parata, M.H.B, (or the Southern Maori district made strong representations of the expediency and fairness of setting apart reserves for the benefit of landless N&tivea in the South Island. The mat'er has oot escaped the attention of the Government. Full enquiries have been made us to the area that, would be required, iind the places were reserves could be most conveniently set apart for tbe purine in view.' As a result of these enquiries it has just bt-on de cidt dto Bet apart 00,000 acres in different parts of the South Islaud for the Natii'ea thero who have no lands of their own. There are Beveial hundreds of iheir, und the majority uf theiu live in Southland aud Otago, the Natives o( Canterbury and Westland being as a rule much, better off, —A', /j, fimes,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4708, 2 May 1894, Page 3
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150LANDLESS NATIVES Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4708, 2 May 1894, Page 3
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