A MAORI STORY.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 24 July 1919, Page 4

A MAORI STORY.

"Henare" tells of his experiences to the " Editor, Bulletin.—l terra you or apout te fissing. I ko te teatide brace Manly. I ket one rine and two hooks and te newtpaper. I trow te rine out. Te fish he nefa kum, so I rook te paper and see where te Japan mans say Bill Huges he petter make all te world white. Py Kri\ I t'ink Iko sreep. I see te kolten tairs and Billy Hughes and te Yankee mans Wilton. He carried te pig pag. He Billy Hughes treasure. He take te money for te partaport and put him in te pag. T'ey both krim up te kolten tairs. 1 ko too. and have a rook what he toing. When te two mans ket te top te kolten tairß, Billy hit te toor werry hart, and Peter kum. He te goot rooking rangitira. I think he te Maori, When Peter see te boss te white world, and te boss te Reague Nations, he open te toor werry wide. Billy and Wilton tcp intide. Peter tay : '• Billy, wha' for you kum here ?" Billy tay : " I kum make te world white; Heaven, too, so I tart here firs'." Peter tay him : "Te more petter way to make 'em colored, pecause only a few white mans here—Bobby Burns, Poketafe and a few more mans. And I werry krad if you make 'em colored." Billy tay : " Peter you s'ut up, I te boss man here now; and my Treasure, Wilton, he take to utu and put him in his bag." Peter cry werry much. Ho sorry for te colored angels, Billy s'out out werry lowd : "All colored angels kum this way—Japan mans firt. I fraid if I tone wash him quick he might take Australia!" Te Maori kum, too. When t'ousands and t'ousands Maori kum I see plenty rangitira— Hone Heke, Titikowaru, Rewi Maniapoto (not te racehorse), and lot more. 1 t'ink 1 see Timi Carrol, but i make te mittak. Rewi kum firt; Billy tay Wilton: "You kiff Rewi te partaport." Wilton tay: "Righto, Billy." He tay Rewi: "You peon to America?" " No, tone rike it." " Where your father born?" "Nieu Terene." " Your father a male ?" " Yes ; you t'ink him te ole woman V" Wilton write him te partaport and tay : "Rewi, you kiff me four tollars." Rewi ask him wha' for. Wilton tay tat te return partaport and te Australian washing-bill, when Billy Hughes makey you w bite." R^wi tay: "I tone rike it. I rike my own color, te bes' color." Billy Hughes kum along and tole Rewi to be washed white all te same as te whitewash on tc wall. Rewi want to fitfht te kow. T'en 1 rook round and I see te Teffel krimin' up te kolten tairs. He te koot-rookin' t'errcr, too. When 1 rook him I t'ink beauty only kin-teep. When I rook Billy, I t'ink ugliness ko to te boive. Te Teffel he welldressed ■—ret-plush jacket and short trou', kolten puttons, pair Tidney poots with rubber-heels, tilk tokings and te Scotch cap. He te prurry pig pug, I terra you. He kot te fork in te han'. I keep prurry quiet. He tone rook at me. He smile and he rook at Billy, and he ket kroser and kroser. Billy tone see him —he pizzy talking to te colored angels aud rooking te other way; and Wilton he werry pizzy. His pag nearly full tollars. Ha rook werry happy talking orl te utu. Rewi he won't pay Wilton, and te Teffal he ket kroser and kroser to Billy Hughes. To Teffel lie jess koin' to tick te fork into te tat part Billy, T'eu I woke up. I vverra- sorry 1 woke up, pecause I want to

see te fun, and measure how far Billy jump. J. werry try now, so i ket te rong peer."