MAORI ORIGINS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 238, 8 October 1928, Page 8

MAORI ORIGINS.

MIGRATIONS IN PACIFIC.

SIR GEORGE GREY'S VIEWS.

AND CUSTOMS.

MANUSCRIPT OP GREAT

PRO-CONSUL.

Sir George Grey, brilliant administrator, would undoubtedly have won fame as a scientific investigator if the call of public service had not been so insistent. He possessed the analytical type of mind, quick to perceive the strong or the weak points of an argument, seasoned by the judgment of a sound scholar. When he set out to inquire into the migration of the peoples of the Pacific he had the essential qualifications in a remarkable degree, and his conclusions are therefore of great value to all who take an interest in the past history of their country. Sir George Grey, in 1893, summarised his conclusions in a series of articles for the "Auckland Star." They were not then published in our columns, but they will be given to the public in our magazine section for the next few weeks. Commencing on Saturday next Sir George breaks quite different ground to that of his "Polynesian Mythology," and scientists who have reaid the articles, have been greatly impressed by the accuracy of Sir George's information and judgment, very few of his statements requiring any revision in the light of later disclosures and investigations.

The series of articles, entitled "A Short History of the Origin, Migrations, Manners and Customs of the Polynesian and Melanesian Races," will prove of great interest to all our readers, and we feel assured that the newer generation by whom they will be read, will have a better appreciation of the scholarship and capacity of "Governor Grey" than they have previously possessed.