CALL OF RATANA.
A REMARKABLE MEETING. GATHERING OF MAORIS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. The great Maori meeting at Katana concluded to-day. The three sacred days were Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The gathering ranks as one of the most extraordinary on record, consisting of about 4000 Maoris from every part of New Zealand, /ranging in age from a man who has forgotten how old he is to a child born on Christmas mornRatana and Anglican and Wesleyan ministers delivered’ addresses and there was much praying, one prayer meeting continuing till four o’clock in the morning. Ratana exhibited a covenant book signed by 19,000 Maoris. It had been his intention to keep the work open for one year only, but he decided to keep it open another year.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1921, Page 5
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128CALL OF RATANA. Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1921, Page 5
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