AUCKLAND SPECIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 154, 11 July 1901, Page 3

AUCKLAND SPECIAL.

t HOF. C. H. MILLS. | Special to Times. I Auckland, last night. ; The Hon. C. 11. Mills left Wellington . by the Tutanekai yesterday afternoon to , meet the returning I-'ourth and Fifth ConI tingents at Invercargill. WHAT THE DUKE MISSED. The question has arisen in the minds of a number of people, writes a correspondent to a local paper, as to why leading Native clergymen who took part in the ceremony of laying the foundation stone forthe Maori Girls College in Auckland, and also at the Maori reception at Ilotorua, j were not introduced to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York, and also why the leader of the “ Young Maori Party ” and a chief did not receive a medal. lam told the latter was nut even introduced to the Duke and Duchess. " The Young Maori Party,” of To Aute, of which .Mr Fgata, and the Revs. F. Bennett and Kohere, of Gisborne, are leaders, are seeking bv every effort to help to raise the Maori race spiritually, socially, and morally, and surely it would have been a pleasure and a privilege to their Royal j Highnesses to have recognised such men, ! and have bid them God-speed in their j good and noble work. Who is to blame for this omission V It was a slight mot only to those good men, but to every true philanthropist. Their presence and participation would certainly not have dam- i aged those who were so carefully selected ! for Royal favors. Among the clergymen referred to above were a number of Gis- ,

borne Natives, educated at Te liau College. DEATH OF A NOTABLE CHIEF. Iriea Te Warn, a native well known on the East Coast, and cousin of the great Fgaieterangi and Fgawiaukawa chief Hori Tupaea, died at his kaianga at Rangil’iri yesterday. Over the death of this chief will be held one of the largest tangis since Tupaea's death, To Waru being a leading man connected with the Otaki and Southern tribes. RETURNING THANKS. The lion. John Miller, one of the representatives of South Australia, who was the guest of the Now Zealand Government on the occasion of the Royal visit, has sent the following telegram to the Premier: •• I shall ever be grateful for your kindness. As a guest from Australia, I desire to congratulate you on the royal manner in which the Royal visit has been celebrated, also on the prosperity of your people and the splendid manner in which the resources of your country are being developed." PRESENT FOR THE DUKE. Te Heu Heu, the native chief, has for- I warded a model of a Maori house to the I Hon. James Carroll, and the latter gen- j tleman will forward it on to the Duke and Duchess as the gift of Te Heu Hen’s tribe. I nsidc the model is that beautifullyworded’address of welcome to the Duke and Duchess from the Natives.