HONE’S PHILOSOPHY.
ON GERMAN GOODS
Good morning, Hone; you are quite a stranger. Tc nakoe, Mitta Edita. Werra, Hone peen werry busy, Peen readin* te noospaper all pout te kura komiti and te 'Gherman piano lie goin’ to buy. Py korry, te pakelm te funny phellcr —he make te Maori larp. I terra you, Mitta Edita, te pakeha wit te prenty korero pout te piano worse my grandfadder. Yeh! You know te ole time when te Maori komate, all te ting belonga him —te. pannikin, te pranket, te noo clothes —eweryting pakaru (destroyed) by te tribe. All tapu. If any Maori use te clothes belonga te dead man, py kripe, he makntu (bewitched), and to tribe might it lose its mana. Werra, Its pakeha pheller who no lika to Cherman piano, he lika le ole Maori. He say -to Gherman komate , Tat alright. But why he not pakaru all to Cherman taonga? He only want to pakaru te piano for tc kura. I link lie te porangi alright, isn’t it? He go! te Cherman piano in te whare, and he sing. “Te Long way Tipperary,’’ ‘‘God Save te King,’ “1 Wouldn't Leave my Little Wooden Hut,” and tc wahine heat te lain tor te sung on te Cherman piano; his missis'maka te pronse, te noo dress for to pikanniny on (e Cher-, man sewing machine; he eat te kai wit te’Sherman knife,.fork and poon —all tapu. What tc sifferent between te Cherman tapu goods in te whare and tc piano in te kura? I lika to know! Tis pheller lika le young Maori: he don’t care a tarn for to ole Maori tohunga and te tapu. Ho wear te dead man’s clothes, te boots, use te pannikin, te pranket — tut te way he got no niana. Jus’ like tis pakelm phellei', gut all to (apn taiinga in his whare. Too much tc Innuahug! Why tis pheller not break all le Cherman taonga in his whare and then pakaru te piano in te kura wit te axe? Tat te way; Ten tis pakeha say he got le niana alright. He gif prenly util le Patriotic. IJunmbug! What tat got to do wit it? If my boss terra me, “Hone, you kirra te sheep, 1 not maka milk te cow!” If one pakeha pheller terra te udder pakelm pheller, “I bet you le hundred quid 1 kj best patriotic —1 gif te most money,” what tat got to do wit te tapu taonga and te piano for to kura, anyhow? When tat pakeha gif le patriotic lie only lika Hone when he put tc quid on te lolalisalor. Tat te way. If te pakelm say te Cherman piano tapu for te kura, and not tapu for le whare, werra J, link belter lie get te head read. 110 gut no maim, only te werry long longue like te tohemanga (shellfish). Tat my talk, Mitta Edita. Well, Hone, you are certainly logical, mid 1 will put on record your opinions.
Werra, le missis wailin’ now Kia ora !
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1940, 15 February 1919, Page 3
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504HONE’S PHILOSOPHY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1940, 15 February 1919, Page 3
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