NAPIER.
'■ '" , Friday. The funeral of the chief Te Hapuku took place to-day. It was very largely attended. The banks, public offices, and a good many-places of business in Napier were closed. A special train earned passengers free to Te Hauki, the late chief-s pah. The Napier Volunteers mustered in pretty strong numbers, and proceeded in the special irain to take part in the funeral. On the arrival of the train it was greeted with waving of handkerchiefs and lowering of flags, with loud exclamations of welcome." A number of natives, fully armed in a semi-nude war attire, met the Volunteers, and conducted them into the pah. At the meeting house a telegram was read by Mr White, native interpreter, expressing the regret of Sir George Grey, and Mr Sheehan that they were unable to attend, and conveying their sympathy with the relatives and tribe of the deceased chief at the lose they had sustained. The faneral service was read by the Rev. Samuel Williams. There was a good deal of wailing and lamentation by .the natives. -
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2900, 1 June 1878, Page 2
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176NAPIER. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2900, 1 June 1878, Page 2
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