CIVILISING MORIS.
The Maoris (says the ; Auckland Herald) are rapidly advancingJn tho arts of civilisation. -One of the latest instances in point is that of fa Maori gentleman who stands near tho South British Insurance buildings, and waylays the passers-by, with a request to speak to them, and pulls out of his pocket a subscription list for a new church or chapel. Some endeavor to lead him off with a statement that they have no money on them, but he quickly produces a pencil and asks them to put their names down on the list, In exhibiting the subscription list he adroitly calls the subscribers' attention to .the first page, where there are donations from five guineas downwards, but folds back the second page on which are subscriptions from 5s downwards. This may be merely native simplicity, but there is a savour of the Heathen Chinee in it.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1318, 9 April 1883, Page 3
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148CIVILISING MORIS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1318, 9 April 1883, Page 3
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