Our Wellington Letter

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 129, 7 May 1889, Page 3

Our Wellington Letter

(PBOM OT7R O"WN CORRESPONDENT.) VV KLLIMijO.N, Maj' <J. Larrikiuism is becoming rampart once more in the city. This time, these mischievous members of society

have taken delight in breaking the lamps that have been put up in connection with the Electric lighting. Already 36 lambs and 60 msultaors have been broken. What pleasure there can be in such nonsense is at present puzzling the brains of the police, who are on the watch for the delinquents. The Rev Mr Rooney, who has been in the Polynesian Group fur the past 24 years, paid Weilitgtou a visit at Jn commencement of this w<-k, and iv conjunction with his man l< Friday" *. new Britain native convert, has been

lecturing to large audiences on the work of the missionaries among these Islauds. Despite the Rev gentleman's long residence among the natives he has etill a great command over his mother - tongue, and eloquently and graphically described the horr- r o s witchcraft and idolatry that excited among the natives before the' introduction of Christianity, and which made life such a burden, and death so iullof, teroor that they cried out in. their agony, "Oh why! why! werq we made for this evil- place." Daniel Tomokai, his native companion, eatrg •everal of the hymns- in his native tongue, to popular tunes, in the choruses of which the audience joined. Mr Rodney said in conclusion that the German Government who had control of the Islands were assisting the Missionaries in their work as they recognised the good being done.