The strange custom of “ tapu ” was much pn evidence at a Maori burial at Kaupaki. the belongings of a dead native boy were Kihried, iooluW -'an/iron bedstead, mattress, ’'/violin and pH} /the domestio utensils t; fthe lad nsedfl fatal iliness. The (total valneiterTha goods must have been /something like £lo. The boy’s parents, -ihovvevor, are people in very poor eiroumistancos. -V- ■ ■ ' 'ls** I iji' to.d to fight the great battle against 1 v'ba'death,” said Mr Beid, at a ’i'e l travellers ir' ’"'-l
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1494, 30 June 1905, Page 3
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83Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1494, 30 June 1905, Page 3
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