The Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-09-02, Page 9WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2nd, 1959
THE LUCHNOW SENTINEL, LUCHNOW,1 QNTARIO
Friends Among t Maori
By George Benson: Cox, F.A.G.S.
I liked the Maori from ,ourfirst
meeting. They were kindly, soci-
able and obliging. They were
eager to do a good turn, to lend
a helping ,hand, and to supply
desired • information.. They took
pains to assist a stranger, and
to put him at ease.
When Europeans arrived' in
New Zealand in the 1700's they
found , a dark-skinned race oc-
opying, the. Tslands. These resi-
dents called ;themselves "Maori";
the word is ,,the same in both
singular 'and`, plural The occu:-,
pants resented the coming, of the'
white settlers to claim• the land,'
and for ten years bloody con-
flicts. raged. After that, :both
sides settled down to peaceful
life, and became tolerant of .one
another, `
A white New Zealander said.
to me, "1 thank God that . we
have no, segregation in this.coun
try. • We have no color -line." So
the . Maori inhabitants are on an
equal footing•with••their country -
Men 'of a whiter • skin. Aanong
them' are' ,native teachers, law-
yers and physicians, Four Maori
memberssit in the'' parliament
at Wellington. Honer rolls, of, the
two . world wars. .bear Maori
names::King's College at Auck-
land, and other institutions of
,higher learning have their quota
of, native students. At Napier. 'a
bronze statue, commemorates 'a
native legend:
On a gunday evening in Feb:
ruary,, (Summertime in the Sou -
them Hemisphere). I went .to the
spacious Municipal Building in.
Rotorua which is a town of seven
thousand inhabitants, • many', of
whom are 'Maori. In the theatre
four hundred persons: wereas-
sembled; most of these were:
tourists' -from: Australia_ and from
other. ,parts, of ,New Zealand.:The'
Master of Ceremonies, a.. dark-
skinned, full blooded 'Maori,m
arose fromhis chair on% the' rost'
rum, 'and announced, ."We came:
here to New Zealand in the year
1352.. Our home was fat:to'; the
North West." With ' a few : added
words of Explanation, a program
of song .and;: dance. • was initiated,
and it•proceeded: according to the
Polynecian Mode of love of war,
of :. domestic life, of • prowess.:
There ••were. 'nen, women and
children as performers. They
sang. well, andswung the. "poi"
idraitly. One young girl of about
welve years was especially adept
n the dances. .•
Six hundred years before, the
rndestors of these people had
eft the. shores of Asia in their
anoes, and. paddled Pram island
a island until they had arrived
n the South Seas . and finally
ad taken up their ' abode on
Vorth Island, and later, on South
Bland: They have . since become
oyal citizens of an esteemed unit
f the British' Commonwealth of:
Nations.
One may .well 'wonder. how; the
riginai voyagers' could have
made the journey safely over so
manythousands of. miles from
istant Malaya. and 'Indonesia,
You have but to view the exhibit
"f 1Vlaori canoes in the National
Memorial Museum at' Auckland
to perceive. One craft on view
there is eighty Eget long, and
was ',capable ` of carrying 'One
hundred warriors:. It, is 'fabricat-
ed' from three 'logs, deftly spliced,
It' was, hollowed' out by fireYou
may also see numerous other
tyles of lessen dimensions The
olynesians, employ Outriggers 'on
heir craft, and it is impossible
or a gale to overturn them.. Also,
hese islanders have long been
enowned as expert boatmen.
1 attended` a service of 'worship
n' the principal 'church of the.
atives. The edifice • is beauti-
ully situated in a suburban secs
ion on the shore of Lake Roto
ua,, a . body of water three• ot
our miles in length. 'The build.
ng rs artistically unique; and
he interior is profusely decorat-
d' with Maori carvings; for these
eople are highly. skilled in
woodworking. It must. have 're-
'quired years of toil: to execute
the designs, so exquisite, on pul-
pit, altar and pews,
Their form of worship is in•
the native language, and accord
ing• to. 'the Anglican rite. The
congregation took a lively part
in the singing, and the effect
was* particularly pleasing. At the
conclusion of the service, several
of those present greeted me in:
English,and in kindly manner,'
Outside the walls of the church
is the:, cemetery, .and the burials
are `_above" ground;:^ for • the. city.
and, the. church are situated in a
thermal ' valley; and the ground
is considered to be too hot to
permit inhumation. Therefore the
burials are in •sarcophagii, even
as in New Orleans many , of the
burials are ;also- aboveground be-
cause of the ,excessive water in
the soil. . •
It may be interesting to note
that Christianity was introduced
to the Maori by one of their . own
race. The story . is .this; A Maori
had -joined with a -whaling party
to work 'in.. the Antarctic.. During
his tern" of service on the ship
he was cruelly and brutally treat-
ed. When opportunity occurred
the dark-skinned sailor deserted.
Later, he found a• vessel which
was tb sail' for:.his homeland, and
he engaged passage. On the way
he met' in with a fellow -passen-
ger, Samuel Marsden, who was a,
missionary. Marsden perceived
the dejection. of the :dark -hued
traveller, and he hbefrinded : him
in 'many waysIn particular he.
related to him. the.Gospel story;:
The' native was deeply impressed,
and resolved to accept, this re-
ligion of •kindness. He told of his
experiences to his countrymen
on, his . arrival,. and: they: too were
impressed, Later, Arthur Selwyn,
who became famed as a• worker
among the Maori, found a faith-
ful helper inthe one-time wha-
Many 'of ' the• native people re-
side . hi , the town of Rotorua,
where clouds of 'steam ' rise high
above the buildings as the vapor
issue from crevices and openings
ithe =ground; where the women
boil their dinners over fumeroles
close to their houses; where the
•scaldingg •water, is piped to .hotels
and the better homes for doarles-.
tic uses Others live • farther north
around the Bay•of Islands, a •
• fish.erman's paradise; •where fish -
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' Few Apple Growers
• Only 729 • apple growers outof
an eligible 4,509 .in Ontario,• cast
their vote on a pian designed
to provide funds for the pro-
motion: and 'sale of Ontario Ap- .
.pies. A total of 520 who • voted ,
were 'in favor. There were about
100 eligible ,voters' in . Huron
County,. 'but very few voted.•
ing is said to be always, good. -
Others are to be seen at Bluff
which is . at the extreme 'end of
South Island, where they find
work' in shipping or in the:: froz-
en meat p industry. From Bluff
and Dunedin, ships •sail to the
opposite side . of the world.
•The great Apostle to the Gen-
tiles, standing upon Mar's Hill,
at the 'base of the Acropolis in
Athens, declared to the' wisest
men of ancient Greece, that God
f'hath made of one blood' all
nations of mcn'to dwell upon all
the face of the earth," And'tligt
is; a reason .why I am content to
be friends to the Maori., and to
other .races- re g ardless of '•.c l r
oo.
or speech;
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LANGSIE E NEWS
Sunday School will be held. at
2:00 • p.m. .and • 'Church. at 3:00
p.m. starting Suriday, September
,6th. This is Rev.'" Marshall's' last
Sunday. ' a . ;••
Two . baptismal services were :.
held at the Church. recently. The
two babies baptised were Trena
Rose daughter 'of Mr. and Mrs.
'Craig 'Scott and Marilynn lean;.'
daughter of Mr. and Mrs: Os-
wald Rude ., of London: Mrs.
Rudie •: is the former .Dolly Orr
BORN -to Mr. 'and Mrs. •Eugene,
Conley was : a : boy, at. Wingham
hospital, Sunday morning, Aug-
ust 30th.
'Gordon : Moffa.t, •son of Mr. and ,
Mrs. Fairish • Moffat "had his I.
wrist broken last week.
KI NLOSS.. 'COUPLE
WED SATURDAY
MURRAY:- SUTTON
St. Annes Roman Catholic,,:
Church,. Riversdale was• the• set
-ting for the' wedding of Joan
Louise Sutton,. • avid ,. Charles
Joseph Murray: The,' bride: is the
daughter of Mr. and' Mrs. Ly-
man 'S'utton and the .'grooin , the
son • of ' Mr. ;and .Mrs. P. A. Mur-
ray all of • Holyrood, ° •
. The • Rev: Father Jordan.: offi-
ciated
f f i-ciated at • the • ceremony. The
bride,: given by. her father, chose
a floor.l�eength. gown of pure silk
French dace over';satin . fashion-
ed with long tapered lily .point
sleeves and a:, portrait 'neckline •
.appliqued withirridescent se-
quins and seed .pearls, The'fbouf=
•-fant"skirt` had tiers of accordian .
pleated panels 'and •sweptinto.:a
cathedral train: A jewelled Eli-
zabethan :.crown held •her - rhine-'
stone ' studded finger tip veil,
and she .carried • a white prayer
book Crested with red rose's..
Attending 'the bride as matron
Of :.honour was Mrs, Gerald Gib;,
son, Teesrater;_ . sister of ., the
bride .and . Miss ' Barbara. MA --
ray,
ray, Holyrood, sister• ofthe
groom as bridesmaid,. The girls
were .,dressed' alike in street: -
length dresses, 'of flowered ny
lon : over Mile green taffeta, ,and
they Wore flowered crowns and.
carried nosegays of pink and.
White :'carnations. ,
Miss Jean• Sutton and Miss's
Elaine Murray,. of Holyrood as
junior bridesmaids ;were dressed
alike and carried 'baskets ofpink
and white flowers,
Alphonse •Murray, of Holyrood
was groomsman. for his .brother,
and ushers 'were Cecil ' Sutton,
Leo Murray and Gerald' Murray.
Miss Sandra Percy was soloist
and Miss Mar? . Weiss was' or -.1
g•anist. •
Receiving the guests the bride's II
mother chose' a powder blue
silk dress with" beige accessories
and a corsage of pink roses. The •
groom's mother wore a Royal
blue dress with white .accessories
and a corsage' of pink roses. Af-
ter ' the ceremony,' dinner was
sere d at ,Holyrood Hall, to about
fifty guests,
For travelling 'the bride don -,1
ned . a beige linen . dress with 1•
matching duster• and green ac=
cessories and a corsage of ' red
roses. The .couple will reside on
the groom's' farm .at Holyrood, . 1
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