THE BISHOP OF WAIAPU.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 541, 23 June 1909, Page 11

THE BISHOP OF WAIAPU.

_' "' A FAREWELL MEETING. 'I , (By Telegraph -Press A'eeoeUtlon) ' *v .1 ir. , , , Walroa, Juno 22. - .About• fifty # people—Maoris and Europeans , -toaembfed m His Majesty's Theatre, Waiwa,Mait night to bid farenell to the Bishop of Wiiiapu, wl)o is retiring from office after liaufiirtontiirjr of church intimately connecfed with this' district. On entering, Bishop Williams y,as received with a powhin of-welcome. St. Paul's Vestry thorf pret Bfinted an address, and Paora llakau, a Nawp as old as the Bishop, gave an address '"Maori,' Which ttas folldned by a "waijta, led by Itiera Kopu, a daughter of Mote Karaka, th.rd wife of the famous loyal cnief,'Jionu. •< - - '«' Th .?'? Mho Pi '" rc Pljf thanked both races for, their cordial reception. Ho referred to tho*great progress the Wairoa district had made of latQ \ears, and, contrasted it with the past, at the same -time giving >interest- ' i^/ 6 ™? l^ 11503 of the earfy days. He also . oedfessed tho assembled i Natives in a chart aotenitic speech.. . ,The Rev. Hemi'Huata rca'd a poroporoaki, or farewell addross, which was translated • i £L tho ?«. V -- Honar e Wepohia Wamohu. and, t after a brief conversazione, when tho Bishop bade good-bjo to old frwnds, the gathcrinK (usperted. ' ". , - i b