Pariliaka En Fete.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 97, 20 March 1884, Page 2

Pariliaka En Fete.

: (iJNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) : '[ , ;, ■ o■; ;■ ■ OPtJNAKEj- Marbh 18. '[ \ : Yesterday iwsis a' j^i'dafc -feast -9fiy at' Parihalca . About ; 1000 ! native^ adtf' 100 Europeans -were' j>resent. „ Te^ Wiiiti •. entertained' the pakdhas/'aiitl ' Toliu the Maoris.' Te Whiti was nicely dressed, and proved .a i post attentive host iitfving. tkbleblotusrcruot stands, knives, 'forks,' spoons, and everything m regular*!Esiropean Aiahion. A sirloin of beef, shoulder o£ mutton, fowls, 1 plum, p.ud'dings, blanc manges,, almorids and raising and various wines, beer, &c., dob posed the. dinner, ,to which Te Whiti welcomed a\l "the pi»kehas — men, women, and children. On the inarAfc,' where To Whiti and Tohta ftirnieriy hai-angued the multitude, a large crowd of' ; Maoris sat down to the repast, Tohu going np and down, and seeing everything vight. . Each man and. w'oriianf w^ serVed with a cup and saucer, bread and butter being brought in -]arge ; fcrays/ 1 arid served out by waiters attired gaily m worked aprons B and with towles" slung 1 across theit shoulder^ m. .. orthodox..; fashion? Tljere was 'a'procession of about twentrp i women dressed m: Euvopean clothes. TFor the privilege of 'exhibiting' their figures and dresses, they had. to contribute some silver as they entered Te Whiti's housp.'-but to wl^tit'p\ifpose'the money was devoted did not transpire . Tohu who was dressed .in; Eurdpean costume,said a few words to thoni,deuounciog e t xtravagenqe' ittj dress, p'ne; of. I fie women replying. There appeared a general tendency .towards European hWijs and customs, so differeut. from tjwo or three .yeais. ago^ wien; allthe , natives who ctime to 'Parihaka at once assnineil the Maori blanket oivniat; yesterdiiy, on the' contrary; most of ibe men were smartly dressed m a European cosfcumej and maiiy of the women ialso, especially those belonging to the younger veneration. Altnough Tohu served out grog to, aIL the natives, no drunke ness and no disorder of any kind was to be .seen. JEyerytbing was scupulously clean, so far as the food was concerned, and * the JpalHw3s : m\ien cleaver than it used to be. It is anticipated the pakehas will invite the Maoris to partake of a return enter^ taiument. : ; A public meeting is talked of to petition for the riglifc.of the Maoiis to use the public highway like other P eo P le : - '■- -:•> f^AH^/i.