STRANGE MEDLEY AT WAAHI.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1184, 20 July 1911, Page 5

STRANGE MEDLEY AT WAAHI.

* .. MUSIC AND AVAILING. (By Telegraph-Press Association.) - < '■ Auckland, July 19. Business in conncctioii with tho Native i meeting was resumed this morning at; Hiintly, and, in tho afternoon, at AVaahi,. the receiving of signatures was concluded, and all were relieved w)i<mi this tedious and wearisome work was ended. To-dny there has been a considerable in- : flux of Natives from To Kuiti, Ki'iikihi, and other parts of tho King Country. • Tho brass band which accompanied tho . To Kuiti Natives 'reeoived an especially, warm welcome. The prosonec of the ban!)' will servo as another source of distrao

(ton, nnd will not: conduce to the rapid i accomplishment of business. On Pnesduy night two children, about i a year old. died, so that, in one corner; of the marae, a tangi is proceeding, tho i mourners keeping up a mournful ivail os; they sit round the sides of the tent, in . the centre of which the remains of tho littlo ones have been laid out; while In ' another corner the brass band discourses i merry music, nnd tcnints exponents to show < their skill at (ho liaka. On tho east, side of the marae, cooking i by steam proceeds, and thus the lights mid shades cf Native life, with its bold i and striking contrasts, vividly impress 5 visitors. ;