TAWHIAO AND FOLLOWERS AT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1684, 21 April 1883, Page 2

TAWHIAO AND FOLLOWERS AT CAMBRIDGE.

Since their arrival a,t Cambridge, Tawhiao and his follow cis, together with the native? tcmpornnly residing thete during the sitting of the Lands Couit, lm\e been having a very, .enjoyable tune of it. On Wednesday evening after they had been arranged in their quaiteis, and had rested after the fatiguing "journey of the day, their spirits weie somewhat elevated, aiuHheir minds nb't'a'littlc excited by a more than modeuitc indulgence in innpiro. This was the cause -of bringing not a few of them fiom their jesting places to join in snndry little e\tenipoie performances and fnendly demonstrations, .some of which to the mind of a Kuvopeaii unacquainted with-Mao'ii life and observances would be more unpleasant than edifying. On the whole, however, taking into account the exceptional nature of the occasion, their conduct could not be termed objectionable. Dining Thursday the Cambridge public weie tieateel to a series £of very select"' hnkns. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon a ljaka on aii extensive scale, and of a 1 voiy orthodox nature, in wliich about sixty took part, was performed in fionfc ot the Public Hall. The natives who ■ ueio dressed very scantily, though not undecently, were adorned with war paint' and hum.f eathers,' and > altogether ,th<ii scene was as sti iking as it was unusual. 'A.few oilier demonstrations of a like nature, though on a moie modeiate scale,; followed in the course of the evening. Tawhiao and his followers left Cambridge yesterday morning, his having recovered horn the effects of a painful indisposition which, had troubled him through the pi ccodiug night. Their intention when leaving was to proceed to Paterangi <by Ohaupo, remaining there foi^the night in, order to hold a trniyt, ; over tJie graves of their, forefathers. , t It cannot be said, that duriug their stay in Ciiinbridge their conduct was in any way disoiderly. On his wny to ; Paterangi, .Tawhiao, with fifteen of his fjollowers,|at ,tlie invitation of JSfiv Charles ' } Tuck, lunched at the residence of that gentleman, Cambridge West. i , ' ; n ,', , ' '