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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1150, 5 April 1872, Page 2

" We nonce 'from recent exchanges that the Westport Times, undera new proprietary, is now uppearihg'ih' a 7 very iriiich* enlarged and improved form' as a bi-weekly journal, instead of an' evenirigdaily' paper. "We think = '. -that-the change-shotildbe^very acceptab'ft to, the residentejin. Westporli£and;|he surrounding district.' . i The Fijian natives brought, to < New;; Zea- ( land for the purposes oi exhibitionf ,h*ve made ! their first appearance at the Thames. The Jdvei'tker- B&yar.r^-Jvii&giag from their looks,, we should think, that .theirjcannib^listiq.' propensities haye',, not!^ beea ,grat^ed . la'tely'at tHeexpense of ;tHeir,wmte brethren, although we iiaye xio dqubti.that^ the. mothers of youthful families at.the. .Thames would do well to keep a watchful .|y^!;qn..JpoiK».off- f «pnng."'"n''the >^tics"^dulged in«by our' Polynesian .vifiitors"ai ; the Academy of Music*are to be taken as a true type of their habits at home, we !shouldtsayi that; ifchey' were :. a. truly*; industrious- xace,^.fof .they danced. , and flourished their . implements of ■ war'frbm r the com'nlencetnenii''oiE their performance to the.:end. • iAs(!a delineation of savage life is rare, living as we are amongst intelligent gemi-civilised: Maoris, we should advise. all desirous of studying mankind in its,. ,p!rhnitiye ; state , : to .visit our Fijian' brothers;