TE WHITI'S CIVILISATION.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1039, 25 May 1883, Page 3

TE WHITI'S CIVILISATION.

.. Te Whili’s,disposition and conduct-are’ still reported as -being thoroughly satisfactory. He has’ been completely, converted to’ civilisation, and is exercising a most vvholesprao ;influence'on;‘bis people in the direction of cleanliness and sanitary amelioration. Te-Wlnti’s sojourn in a civilised region.! seems 'to "have inspired him with an utter disgust for barbarism; He maintains, his acquired European habits and inculcates them;on his followers so far as possible.; Ho persists in haying’his meals served in' strict' English/,style,! and the viands of good quality.abd properly cooked. He .refuses, with scorn, to “ squat-'-’''on' the bare ground, which he holds to be .productive, of • rheumatism, and dlls' residence is not only floored but also' provided with chairs. An Engl'sh visitor to,Parihaka recently.was invited by Te AViiiti to breakfast/’ and while’ his curiosity len Inm to accept; he trenibled s ihly at the anticipation Jof odoriferous Tshark and other horrible Jcormnodibles. His fears were, vain. ’ Te... Whiti proved a very 'courteous : ; host, 5 ; ‘ f an : d :i igavo him a capital breakfast in rigidly orthodox English, style—tea and coffee, chops and steaks, ham and eggs, toast,/and grills, «Sc, served in a style to/which, the- most fastidious could take ho exception. This may perhaps seem a trivial incident to record, but anyone acquainted -with the habits of the/Native rape; wilL-promptlyi recognise it as one. of those instructive straws which, tellus.how. the wind,.blows. —Post. ■,; - ■■ ■ '