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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 383, 7 May 1910, Page 8

Travelling New Zealanders have spread the fame of the Maori wish "Kia Ora" far and wide, and word comes oi another extension of its renown. Last year, when Mr. F. M. Spurdle, of Wanganui, was in Chicago, U.S. (says the Wanganui Herald) he, like a good New Zealander, made use of the words in greetings to his friends there, who speadily caught on it. A day or two ago Mr. Spurdle received a letter from one of his Chicago friends stating that he and others had started a new social and literary club, somewhat on the wellknown lines of savage clubs. They wished, however, something new and out of the .beaten track in nomenclature, and it occurred to one of them to adont "The Kia Ora Curb," ns the title of the new isociety. The idea was seized up.in at once, the club was very successfully launched, and it was decided to elect Mr. Spurdle the first honorary member, it being wwing to him that' the club bears its name. We trust the club and its "Brother Maoris" will flourish, and can offer no tetter nope for its success than to wish it "Kia Ora."