EAST COAST NEWS.
WHANGARA\
lErom Oilr Own Correspondent.) Whangara, Jan. 5.' The Christmas and New' Ytar holiday! are practically at an end, and iakiDg them all through they passed off very quiollysTAi Christmas time every one seemed to enjoy enjoy themselves in a peaceful way, principally at homeland general satisfaction hsi been Bhown and expressed. New Year w»l passed in a similar manner,, only a gob&ly nntn .her of the Natives betook -thomselvef picnicking for three days in the bash O bid farewell to the old -year and weloomt in the new, the little ones romping abonl to their heart’s oontent, and also having - festive desire fully .satisfied with tbs good things the season generally bring! forth. • - %
A hui is to be held at Pnataa on th» 12th and three following days, for the pSt. P°® e of oolleoting money for paying off the debt on their new church erected some | tl ™ e ago. A large turn out is expeoted,-, ! A very unusual sight was witnessedjaV-' the Whangara beach last week, when tlJlhT' * whale species Jpfp* stranded; they are supposed to be bntoic » i ®*ey measure from eight to tw : l teet long, with about seven foot girth, and long funnel-lik9 snout, also an opening on the toil of the head supposed to be -the “‘ow-hole. The residents flocked from si! quarters to see them, .one Native sticking them with a sheath knife, when they loet an enormous quantity of blood for their size ; ultimately they were taken gigssession of by the Natives for the purpose of boiling down, being fcvory large oil pro-
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1350, 10 January 1905, Page 2
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264EAST COAST NEWS. Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1350, 10 January 1905, Page 2
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