Mr Burnett and the Maoris
[PEB UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.} Waipawa, September 11. ; i i, Mr Matthew Burnett arrived here -..- to-day after a successful tour through.,: >, the bush settlements, where he made- ,; large cambers of converts. At an .• «,. address delivered to the. natives this-. ■ afternoon nearly 100 Maoris took the.,;* pledge. The Hon. Eopiha took the .f. chair and welcomed the lecturerv -••> giving him a handsome carved spear,- ? a mat, and a quantity of cut green*.; / stone. The native Minister wired ail'introduction to the local natives, who- ; axe most enthusiastic. There was #••* torchlight procession heie to-night ' previous to Mr Burnett's departure,- '■•••< in which large numbers of native*' • took part. '•-" ;i -^
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 40, 14 September 1886, Page 2
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109Mr Burnett and the Maoris Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 40, 14 September 1886, Page 2
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