MR. NGATA SPEAKS IN MAORI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 8

MR. NGATA SPEAKS IN MAORI.

DWORDS ■:■ ■ $ |v>f::ttvSbph ; after:leavingV;/H6mewbbd" i '(wTites: %? sk. ?fl£": trayclii ng-"..cbrrespbndeht) :■;'. one: coinesMi ! :V. J?.■ s 'ght of,&; Maori:;pn, ', and, on:this parSSjj : ;ti<™lar;Sunday'on: ; which:;l : ''passed;, an gathering # ; of -';Natives'vtook ife-S; place.';; ;As'new;churclj;;it ; appeared;:. had frfeftjust- beonvbuUt.V: : jy thinklthis is' the - ono'vS'^^of,vvhich:it'::wa's'reported that;tab Hon. JviCarroll/had,been ■ asked.to: permit him-. Appointed' Bishop:';. Anyway, it: ;|g■T3;,.is:;a' : nice. little:'ch'urch,': ; aha reflects credit •(SS&pnithoso•' Maoris vwho' ""- have ;•' practically |g?*Jabhb-.all'the ':yrork :;connectod.with it;them/ceremony.-: 0f..-. opening rthe: pSM buUdingV]carried 'but in' that indescribable well^jinderstood;;by. §f:-;ft knoivV-thojMao'ri/.-had 'no .dbnbt" a'certain. :;Ss'-'>Eehbfal-;'interes^ KSM:;theJfafmer,::it-;bnlyv became:" really..'vinthe ;' : ':Hpn.yAi> i,Sfi;:;i'bso; to: speak.- "As' interpreted to vme,. his' :»V'' ■M'Si ; ±B> : ''J<ri -Maoris'here havea''fine;block-::, '$W>' ; ;£ of Some;'of: it -you' aro-farm^''; SsSS?: ; ing yourselves,'/while;part:is leased to:.-. {is%;i'3ro'iri : pakeh'a,heighbbnrs.'ii-IjWant'.you,:'. =gg:v|?tbvl6pkiat:,th : e^difference -betwbenJ the;/. )"* f- : }i%• land;you are/.farming 'yourselves, and: •: ?sS>;j^then-at the land..being.farmed.by the-:: :';S'fJ[ v : bn ! .seach : :;side:L of ;.ypu.'/ (Tho:\ ; ; jiSji'iivlahdjseems to.'hio/to.be' of,tho':'same K}vS§'i{bharacter p:but look fat ;the difference:;:: @j; ; ?ifi'Tou^aro^lcttingyyour,iland(. ; go--back: "■; :jfeS'Sfirito" a scrub." : "., To,ur'.;;fehees. are'falling:;; »?fe:':E to;; pieces;/sbme\ parts-:are; : notsfenced;;:: S?s':S'vi*t;"alby,T6ri'.' , arferiot' making the ;most. : ; :^V;sS : ;'bu.t : rbf;yoOT<lahd.s;iNow'lobkrat;,the;v ; I —Mr.: :;.Tatham's:v ;and;;Mr.:;rElder's::;:, r ffai- ;■; igS--/!? karaki,"; :;They: : are; making:. .the. most: J: I 'S^pfv;their'/properties^::;.They^;are.f:keer^; , ;: -'going;:: :keepihg::ithe;X =gj;£fj' scrub vdowh,.iand'tho ;:fences : ;in.'. gbodi::-; li^fy.:.-:order.;iih : :.fact,' ; good Now,'f e?^: : ; ; land ■'■'•. properly, ''•;^a.'4::i:rnake:;thb:b6st;nse:.of.,it : -:which .ybUj'; "r%.-;,?V:"cah7--scbing". thnt.those rouridiybu;are: 5 ;&iTvfi';doing:n JfS^S^pakohai;will/ step /inland }\ take : - the■;'■.' laud/from iyouj and? farm Aitihimself.';';: SS-','"/-Ta.o land/is■ too: yaliiablo' to'.be-wasted.-v toilie.idle.V-There 'is.suchf" : :i;S'JW;'retime, that.'it)cannot:be.;satisfied,;:ahd; ; . Si???^ ra r::Parti>'S ,'advice'to/you~:is;.to; lake V from' *s':Mmake,the'mbst::bf:yb'ur:lahd/,otherwise/jfj**;l;;;jpn ; haveL to fstontl b;, aside.',and'/:; and;' anxious'.; to>;put-'.the:'landj'tp.vbetter/: ~.s %@;iuse.": ; .y '/;V::i.,:'i;;V: ■;ft;'-;:'V/.:J/',.; :•'::. .vv ■'strohgV appeal ;:by:,.'3lr.- ; Ng_ata ■ to.';his; fellow .Natives; to ; be.up. and doing.; j/ig.;: Thefe-'is; nb'.i'dbubt that'-thbrdand-iu. the. !s"Jsft distiict.i.would; soon: go .babkyinto, scrub: >}*i?i Mr, : ;Tatham;h'as"plough'ed'a large area-of *£]:{ the rHomewood":iTin ) .and.;has some. :/v*S tiful/paddocks/ruiiningrdowni to;;trie/ r seaV: vliS'.i pisl-'/'Waikaraka,"; •'Jlr^' Elder's V";"statibu>; -J.jjEjL , o,n ! :it/there.''is'/s'bme < i'-j'S comes v"l?erriglen,'-'. (the:: prbv B;(?S;*ipe'rfy: of- Mrl- Harry:;Behhett.-vHo:and,his egr'jbrother'Haroldi'were/in/partnership.vbut' i'S;!'" ; 'the'/fbrmer .has/Mow,';taken:bver.'the:.ruh. : . * ;:*goes i right .Vawivy. /back;: to:. the > range iß^s?'at/:the and..-there Vis -'some capital: ; pj|V?Bne'ep/..land.: on' : ."l i 'erhgleh.":;:. ! It ..was; a :®-'iißat;-bn.'ithe.xverandah': aridi-smoked:.'bur, ißfSjpipesii 5 till*' at /lasts we;;had' i Ago; -inside; JsSiS: .because i'.'the't''air '■: was' ■; so':.;.■ cold-7-a.,'/ great :StS:^ntrast;^b"sMlv-:aihot^B^^'':■';:::; /; : U %'li:?» \OH'■ agaii,"yiiitdi/ire.'.come to ,'!Eparaima,"': il3is;;the*/ station/ belonging/to ;:Mr. :J ! S*:;is *d"vwo:Story_;i building,/ and 'tbieii'.'tiim/off WM iiliriewJrMr .'1 Meredith's-: home. ; ',/' ''iW-.-.. i'{{,.:.'.