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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 853, 27 June 1910, Page 8

In a lecture at Christchurch, Mr. Johannes Andersen gave an account of the .Maori story of Tawhaki, and puiiited (Hit the parallels between that legend and the story of Christ. Mr. Andersen's account of the legend was of especial interest at present, says the. "Press." in view of the claim m;u\c> Hut tbe Maoris were .-icqimimed with the story of llio life of Christ before Kuropeaus ever cauio to New Zealand. Mr. An.lcr.seii. who has dcvoM mm-Ii time t<i the study of Maori folk-Inn-, said (hut senile Maori myths appeared ridiculous, while others were' Miblimc, and Hie explanation was that there were two strains of blood in the ancient representatives of the. race—an aristocratic and » plebeian or slave strain—and wherever t'he absurd element obtruded itself, it was dim to tbe myth having bad an agglutination from the plubeiau Maori. Tim C'iiristcliarch "Press" st-itcs that Mi. C. llegin.ild Ford, secretary of tho C:>nl?rburv ludsistri-il Association, lm,s rc-reivi-J the following terrain in respousu til one. addressed in the J'riinc Minister asking when tenders would. !m called i'or the Mow Government, Diiiljings in (..'hrißfelnirch: -"in reply to you'- r.ricgraiu. pb.us have Ix-ni approved for rr-.'.v (J-ivcnuiifii! itiiilding? Nt Christchiin-ii. nu-'l tenders will be called in about J. wcck'o lime.—(yi;;'iw.i J. (i. Ward."