WESTERN MAORI SEAT
WANGANUI, Oct. 14. After a lengthy discussion at Eatana Pa yesterday prior to the diSpersal of the visitors who atteflded thS funefftl of the late Mr Matiu Eatartfi, M,P., the selection of a candidate for ihe General Election was left in abeyance meantime. Amosg the names mentioned sraa
that of Mrs Irlaka Eatana, widow of the late membef, othei1 pdssible women candidates being mentioned by th.6 Matamata and Waikato represem tatives. Another view was that, becahSe in the past &11 major decisions were made by the late Mr T. W. Eatana, founder of the movement, and latef by his sdns, and all the sons had noW died, it Would be best to refer the xtiattef to members of the Eatana family, Mr Bihari Mete Keepa, apostle of the Eatana Church, was eleeted act-ing-president to aOt until a ftiefeting of the church 's synod iu January,
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 October 1949, Page 5
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