THE MAORI MISSION.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2844, 6 May 1882, Page 3

THE MAORI MISSION.

The Auckland “ Herald,” referring to the Maori mission, says : , “ It is Sydney Tawhanga's intention, in the first instance, to interview Earl Kimberleyj the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in orler that everything may be done en regie. He has had several hundred copies of the petition printed, in order that a copy may be given to each of the members of the House of Commons, and to the Peers in the House of Lords, so that ‘if the first Assembly of gentlemen in the world do not become acquainted with the v properties of * kaikohe ’it will not be for the lack of advertising on Sydney’s part. He states his intention of keeping clear of Mr Parnell and the Home Rulers on the one side, and Mr Bradlaugh and the Freethinkers on the other, so as not to complicate his petition with questions of domestic politics in Great Britain. It is his intention to address British audiences in his own tongue, and, no doubt, some of the old New Zealand settlers, now at Home, will see to it that Sydney Tawhanga’s speeches are not emasculated from lack of a competent interpreter."