GENEROUS MAORIS.
DONATIONS OF .£3002 FOR A NEW; . CHURCH. The "Poverty Bay Herald" says that • the receiving of the tribal donations rewards the new church, a picturesquei fnno. tion carricd out in accordance with Native custom at the liui at Manutuko on Standby, extended well into the evening. Money'still continued to come to hand 011 Tuesday, including numerous' (olographic orders from various i tribes, ranging from tlio Northern Peninsula to tlio South Island, from sections of tlio raco unrepresented at the liui. At noon tno fund stood as follows (-Contribution of East Coast Natives JC2440, visiting Na- . lives -C 922, pakchas and sympathisers ,£240 | total, .£8602. This amount far exceeds the cost of the church and carvings (about '.£2300), and it is expected that even after deducting tlio expense of tho liui, conveyanco of visitors, etc., a substantial sum will bo left, which, wo arc informed, will be ljeld in trust on bohalf of the church.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1698, 14 March 1913, Page 4
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156GENEROUS MAORIS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1698, 14 March 1913, Page 4
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