THE AUCKLAND SAVAGES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 125, 29 May 1922, Page 3

THE AUCKLAND SAVAGES.

RECEPTION TO LORD JEIXICOE. ADMISSION TO THE HAPU. The Auckland Savage Club iield its fortnightly "korero" in the Scots' Hall on Saturday evening. Tiie (Jovernor(icneral. who is a member of the Wellinfrton Savage Club, was received into : the Auckland lia|>u with all thr rite and ceremony attached to this tinie-honawed custom. There was a large attendance, j among the guests being tlio president ofj the Orphans' Club (Professor Maxwell Walker) and the members of bis executive, the president of the Hotary Club I Mr. <'. Rhodes), Sir -lohn Luke, M.P.. of Wellington, and suburban Mayors and chairmen of local bodies. An apology for absence was received from the Mayor of Auckland. On arrival. Lord .Tellicoe, accompanied by Captain R. C Southey. A.D.C., and Mr. A. C. Day, official secretary, was rfceived with the Maori welcome knovu as "Te Waka," the newly-elected h'vetari, Savage A. B. Chappeil, leadirrj the incantation. Lord .relltcoe wns then welcomed liy the rangatira. lavage A. M. Hartley, who moved that h'ifi Excellency lie admitted a member o-f the club. The proposal being carried by hearty acclamation, the heketari then invested his Excellency with the "'hallmark of savagery." by pinning on his breast a greenstone mere pin bearing in gold the letters "A.S.C." The notice card of the meeting, enclosed in a handsome rewarewa case, ornamented by a gold fern leaf, was presented to Lord Jellicoe, after which the rangiiiira welcomed the new savage as a member of the hapu, und expressed the hope that his Excellency would do the club the honour of presiding over one of its koreros. Lord Jellicoe, in a happy speech, acknowledged the club's hearty welcome. JHe referred to the spirit of tlie "far distant tribe of Britishers,' , and said that he was pleased to find it also animating the savages of N"ew Zealand. His Excellency also touched in humorous vein on the route he had traversed from tlie Wellington Club to the Auckland hapu, I assigning a reason for tlie many humps i and holei. encountered, particularly in the Auckland province, to a strategy in defence on the part of the savages." A message of fraternity from the Auckland Orphans- Cli.'h was conveyed by Professor Maxwell Walker, who said that the ideals uf the club wore similar Uo those of the savages. During the evening an admirable musical programme was ghen by the club's orchestra and choir. Amongst the soloists wen- Messrs. C. C rowther, T. T. Carland. Harold Baxter, and Churchhouse. Lord Jeliicoe returned thanks for the excellent evening's entertainment, and received a further ovation the company singing. "For He's a .JolJv Ciood Fellow," on his Rxeellenev's departure.