Sunday Desecration
Th ; Mormon Maori whalers at Mahia fli-i- st/wt observes "of "the -Sabbath Day.^ M ny of them live considerable distances. fr"nv Mnhia^; but every Saturday they catch i heir horses, .and ride away -off to fheir respective.--.- homes. The Chris ian , Maoris are not sp particular, »nl Sunday and week days , ; the look-out, ivkept tor \ 'incoming whale.s. On sight of t!ie monsters of the deep "the old ' faniiliar cry of' "There Bh(?V s P9Vts,"-', is not now used.' Amerif-an whalers on board ship, sing out, *' Down boats," and this has been ] ftd-pted i»y the Maoris^ but as they have _ neither/a.d nor. b-jn. their alphabet, they j net as hear to the sound as they can. The j cry of-.-.-'vTarn-apbte," riniiing from the hill top, ibrings'. the -wholers^fut of their ■■ -whores, -and -it -is an exciting scene to watch theTmen' rushing' to their boats. The boats/are;in. couples along the horseph^e beach of M» hi a, and two crews live together, and; sluire profits. One Sunday while > ihe^ Mormons , were away, the Sabbath^breaking natives •caught four whales^ and_ called H'lieir'haul ka,pai? — ' Nipier .T«J^sra~p,h %
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 119, 31 March 1891, Page 4
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183Sunday Desecration Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 119, 31 March 1891, Page 4
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