THE LATE MRS. SELWYN

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2047, 6 April 1907, Page 2

THE LATE MRS. SELWYN

A MAORI TRIBUTE

At the Conference at Awapuni last night the following resolutioi' was passed oil the motion of AVi Peru <le ‘ That this Conference lias heard with -regret of the death at the advanced age of 98 of Mrs. Selwyn the widow of the first bishop of New Zealand, who shared the strenuous labors of her husband in the early days and who, though living far away from this and for the last forty years, never lost her interest in it, or her low ror the Maori people. 4 r * " ' Air Pore in moving Jus resolution said he came into contact with Mrs Selwyn about IS6O. A meeting was held about that time to choose two men to go to tlio AVaikato to endeavor to stop tiie hostilities then gomg. °, n " Hc "" as one of hose chosen and lie mot Airs. Selwyn at that time.

The Rev. 1. AV. Chatterton said he had pleasure in seconding a-mo-tion of respect to one of the oldest workers in the mission field. Ho n"Enrf Bl T ) !’ ad SCCn MrS ‘ Selwyn old iV I r ieU 8,10 was 90 years f™’ XT I ‘'ll? conveyed greetings from Now Zealand. Though Aery fV ,!ul , askGd mai >y qwestioiis about New Zealand, in which cou»tiy she had continued to take an iuerest up to the time of her death. n e there had been great men in he early days of mission work (such as the Will,anises and Bishop Selthey “‘list not forget the wives oi those men who took as much in-teie-st in mission work as the husbands themselves. Mrs. Selwvn was a great example l„ ''Maori women as to their position in .the church it was well to remember ,in addition to tlio,so who still labored in tlio field, those who had labored in the early nays but had since left the country, AA hen tlio moverls speech was overall ancient lament was sung, the loading words beingj ' I have lost my kotuku father, Aly war canoe is wrecked, Aly carved house has fallen through. ft And now I’m dosolatc. Tlio motion was carried by. the company standing in sileiige,