A MEMORABLE EPOCH.
Blenheim, This day. The newly erected church at Wairau pah was opened yesterday in the presence of a great crowd of Europeans of all denominations. The Episcopalian, Wesleyan, and Presbyterian ministers were present, with Major Pollard "and Bandmaster Tucker of the Salvation Army. A public meeting was held in the church, presided over by Archdeacon Butt, who has completed forty years service in Nelson and Marlborough. The new church cost £350, which has been all paid for' by the AVairau Maoris out of the moneys of the tribe, of which Pare, a son of one of the principal leaders in the Wairau massacre, is the chief.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4045, 9 July 1884, Page 3
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109A MEMORABLE EPOCH. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4045, 9 July 1884, Page 3
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