PRINCE’S VISIT TO ROTORUA.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3472, 28 April 1920, Page 3

PRINCE’S VISIT TO ROTORUA.

LOYAL ADDRESS FROM MAORI ' ' RACE. AUCEKLAND, April 26. The. Prince leave.s at 10 o’cl-ock tomorrow morning for Rotorua. One of the features in the proceedings attendant upon‘ the Prince’s visit to Rotorua will be the presentation to His Royal Highness of a loyal address. from the Maori race. The address itself is Id‘ very fine prodfict, the design being a reproduction of traditional Maori. carvings, with the threefingered god zrppearing‘ frequently among inter-wining scroll work. In sei-ted‘ in this border are water colours of Mount Egmont, Huka Falls, Wairoa, Geyser, and Lake Taupo. The text of the a_ddre,ss is as folloWs: “Haere mai. E re kotuku. Heretiga tahi. Te Manuhiri tourangii”

“To His Royal Highness, li‘.(l\'~.~-P-"I Prince of Wales: “Ye‘who he in the dark chambers of death, come forth and heat-ken. ” Ye who sleep the last. long wsleep, arise,‘ stnnd forth, and give welcome! For. lo! the first-born cf the line draws near the eldest of him whose face we saw on this twice-honoured ground! Son! Lord! Welcome! :.\/lajesty return once more, following the way your father trod! Least among the people that acclaim his main. we give place to none in service and loyalty, and thus we greet thee. Welcome to these, the furthest isles of the Southern Seas! Welcome to .-;\o t Roa! Welcome to Te Wai-3 pounamu! Our hearts are full of’ gladness! Come, in the glory of Vic-. tory! Once more the"l3ontls that knit‘ the Empire in one allegiance liaye h.-)1(1. Your father came to us after‘ a. great: war that added a bright jewel, 3 the Dizmiond of Afr-ica. to the Iniper-i ial Crown. You come, a soldier! Prince, the embodiment of a'greatel'! victory, won over the forces of op» pression and lawlessness. The world‘ has been saved for fI‘eG(l‘Ol1l_, wherein the peoples, great and small, may: grow side “by side without fear. You‘ bring with you memories of our beloved dead. They live again whoa strove for you on the field of in in many lands beyond the seas. Your} presence there endeared you to the] hearts of our warriors. Your brief so— i jtc-urn here will soften the sorrow of‘ those dear ones who followed the set— . pting sun. Royal son of an illustriousl ‘[line, King that is to be, we are proud I lthat you should carry on the tradition‘ sof your race and house. for it is most 1 [fil.tl'llg' that those who sit on high} lshoulcl turn an equal face to the liumble as to the mighty! \7Valk there‘ fore among your peoples. sure of their ‘ lie:-u-ts, fostering therein the love they bore Queen Victoria and those who came after her!’ Welcome and f:l.re—well! Return in peace, without misgiving, bearing to His Majesty the ‘l{in,2,' and to Her Majesty the Queen the renewal of the oath we swore to them on this ground a generation ago, an oath rooted. in the Treaty of Waitangi. thrice -hallowed by time and manifold trials. The Maori will be true til] death. And so far-ewellY"‘