MAORI SUPERSTITION.
A somewhat peculiar illustration of Maori superstition was (recorded at i Rotorua recently during a special j sitting of the Native Land Court. I The case before t'lie Court was one | in which the Ngatiwhakane tribe laid claim to what they alleged to be cer- | tain unsettled .shares in Kotorua I town. While the claim was being inquired into, counsel for the Maoris called an official witness, who was sworn by the clerk of the court. In handing the Bible to the clerk the latter fell to the floor. Instantly almost the whole of the natives in court, numbering nearly one hundred, rose to their feet and cried, "A Ibad Hsignj the case is matuku," and from theii on to the conclusion of their unsuccessful .suit the Malar is of the tribe sat mute and disconsolate, the incident of the falling Bible, being. regarded by all as an indi jav tion that their cause was doomed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10259, 10 June 1911, Page 4
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158MAORI SUPERSTITION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10259, 10 June 1911, Page 4
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