PROVINCIAL NEWS.
[united press association.]
OPENING A MAORI CHURCH. Blenheim, July 9. The newly erected church at Wairau pah was opened yesterday in the presence of a great crowd of Europeans of all denominations. Episcopalist, Wesleyan, and Presbyterian ministers were present, with Major Pollard and Bandmaster Tucker, of the Salvation Army. A public tea meeting in the church was presided over by Archdeacon Butt, who has completed 40 years’ service in Nelson and Marlborough. The new church cost £350, and is all paid for by the Wairau Maoris out of moneys be-
longing to the tribe, of which Rove, son of one of the principal leaders in the Wairau massacre, is chief.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2515, 12 July 1884, Page 2
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112PROVINCIAL NEWS. Kumara Times, Issue 2515, 12 July 1884, Page 2
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