MEANING OF A MERE
Who Will Pay?
MAORI CUSTOMS AND HABITS
RECENT VISIT TO A PA
Maori customs and habits are little known amongst many of the visitors who are in New Zealand just now. It. has been told recently, when a distinguished visitor was visiting a Maori pa, the natives wished to show him due homage, and a mere was placed at his feet. The visitor bowed and looked pleased, but he noticed that the Maoris waited for him to act and lie was at a loss what to do. It was then, explained to him that he should have taken up the mere and challenged or chased the warrior who had laid it down and if A he could have caught him, hit him on the head with it! His breach of Maori etiquette in failing to "blackjack" his host as a friendly gesture is not likely to be repeated.
The Annual Holidays Act, 1944, provided for an annual holiday • of two weeks with few exceptions to all employe,es ) states the Wellington Coal Merchants and Dealers' annual report. How employers generally were going to pass on this addeti) cos.t was difficult to particularly in view of the Pritce Tribunal and Stabilisation Commission.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 8, 15 September 1944, Page 2
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204MEANING OF A MERE Who Will Pay? Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 8, 15 September 1944, Page 2
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