RATANA.
Referring to the recently-published statement that Ratana has decided to play a part in the coming general election, the Auckland Church Gazette states: —Mr Rewcti T. Kohere has all along refused to accept the claims of Ratana, and has given warnings of the dangers ahead. He knows what happened to similar movements in the past. In a letter published in the New Zealand Churchman last February he referred to previous Maori faith-healers who went up like rockets and came down like sticks. "These men," su4d Mr Kohere, "make a great stir and play upon the superstition and credulity of the ignorant and simple-minded, but before long are found out, and then get off the stage to make room for another. This fate awaits Ratana, unless he decides to lead a political movement. After his tour of the Dominion and his big hui on Christmas Day he will be just about played out."
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Otaki Mail, 11 October 1922, Page 3
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153RATANA. Otaki Mail, 11 October 1922, Page 3
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