HONE VISITS RATANA.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3584, 8 January 1927, Page 2

HONE VISITS RATANA.

Te nakoe. Mitta Edita! ’Spose yea unk Hone not eoiue back 1 peon to Ratana; tat to way Hone newer get te korero wit you pefore. I'm pleased to see you looking so well, Hone. Sit down. Have a cigarette —that’s right.

WWra, you lookin’ like te Krasinas kai maka you happy—isn’t it ? Oil, yes, I feel very well, Hone.

Py kripe! Hone have te good time Katana olright—prenty kai, te tuna, te kuma.ra, remonade and ginner beer—make Hone weriy fat and like te horse wit te broke wind. Lot of Maori people at Ratana. Some come pv te train, te motor kalia, te taxi. Not many sick peoples he go to Ratana now.

Oh, is that so, Hone? Is Ratana losing his mana? Werra, I terra you. Ratana werry clever oright, but te trouble tis way: Ratana lie can’t put te new bone in te leg. He oright for te rheuinat or te bad rook out for te eye, or when te wahine feelin’ had when te hnsban’ run away wit anudder missis! Yell, prenty young gal and young pheller he go to Ratana for te horiday. Ratana lie get te young pheller bilt te church—te-tempera. All work werry hard —he got no oonion, but he got te bank! Te bank te good place put te money in, but lie newer gif te cheque book, only te piece paper say: “Pay if Able.” Jus’ like te- totalisator ticket —witout te race. Te Ratana bank lie do te good work for te poor Maori te same te Salwation Army for te por pakelia. If you put te money in te bank, you can’t lose him out te pocket or at te races, isn’t it? But, Hone lika te jam tin pehind to gate post —you bet! The bank must be a very communistic institution, Hone?

I don’t know tat talk but Hone too frighten put le money in te Ralana bank —too much like Repecca go true my pocket. Tat te way I don’t like te bank. But we get te Maori noospaper at Ratana. Prenty big talk in te noospaper —make H<sne larp like te rewera (devil). Te Maori paper say byme by te Maori haf te Pareniata (Parliament) an te Pirimia, den Pomare lie won’t get te rook in. You see —taihoa. You know te Kurahaupo Council?

I)o you mean the Maori District Health Council, Hone? Tat te pheller, tat right, Werra, Ratana lie get te korero wit le Council at Marion tis month Te Council he put Ratana on te mat for te bad —what vou call —you know te —

Oh, you mean there are no proper sanitary arrangements to safeguard the health of the settlement? Yell, tat te talk. You see Bob Roore, lie terra you pout tat. I come see you again and gif you te tip for te Foxtcn Cup—and Hone departed.