Maori Quacks.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8188, 14 May 1906, Page 5

Maori Quacks.

(Per Press Association) AUCKLAND, This da.v. The sensation caused in the Bay of Plenty district by the Maori tohunga Eua has been accentuated by the appearance of a Maori-prophetess, who is credited with some marvellous cures of sick people. Her panacea for all ills appears to be liberal doses of brandy with the result that there has been an enormous run on hotel stocks. WAIROA, This day. About 100 Maoris are camped at Awaroa Bay, Waikare-Moana. The prophet foretells the coming of Christ and King Edward on June 25. He has taken the spell oil: the lake, which is always going to be fine and smooth. Most of the natives come from Whakatane and Opotiki. The Hon. James Carroll says the alleged Maori prophet, who has created a stir at Whakatane, is just an upstart, a young fellow, and, like all these charlatans, he promises eternal life to anybody ; and you always find human nature susceptible to these promises. Like many others, this latest movement is merely a ilash in the pan. "Of course, people would gather around to hear him," the Minister declared. " When a man professes to cure all diseases he is bound to get a crowd around him He is a fanatic. It is an age of hysterics and crazes, and he doesn't see why he shouldn't have a cut in."