TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 October 1913, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

[J' Kit I'ItKSS ASSOCIATION.] GIFT TO ACrKLA.m Auckland, Sept. 29. A gilt of ,£9OOO lias been made liv Mr A. M. .Myers, M.P., to the city for the purchase of hind between Queen street and Grey street, in the heart of the city, for ;i public park. The gift was accepted by the City Council tonight, and the action of the Mayor in acquiring l nearly eight acres with (he money was approved. Tt was decided thai the new domain be called "Myers Park." The special meeting of (he Council which accepted the gift was enthusiastic about the project, cheers being given for Mr Myers. CUSTOMS REyENUE, "Wellington, Sept. 30. The customs revenue collected at Wellington during September tolailed £85,328 14s 9d, and excise duly £1115, compared with £7(5,980 13s fid and £1,044 respectively in September, 1012. For the July-September quarter tvVe customs re'jonue shows an inere}!s<» of .£34,(128, compared with the same period for 1912. MAO 111 VETERAN. Kotonui, Sept. 30. A well-known figure in,* the Maori world passed away at Ohiuemutu last night, in the person of Ana ha Matao, the last of sihe old tohungas, and the last of the old carvers. Anaha, who was born at Te Kautu pah, over 70 years ago, could trace his descent from Awawa Tainui Matuta Xutahupo Aolea and Tokamaru canoes and was therefore of a high lineage as the successor to" Tima Kaha, the greatest tohunga and carver of the Aram a tribe. He was a living repository of the Maori lore, and with his death many of the oldfime waiatas will be lost. In his youth Anaha took a prominent. pari, in the battle of Tuma Kaituna, in 1830, and with his cousin, Major Fox, took part in engagements in which the loyal Aiawas fought for Queen "Victoria. Ho also fought with the Arawas against Te Kooti. Anaha was the lirst and last Native assessor to sit with the resident magistrate.

Owing to smallpox regulations there will be no taugi.