"DON'T TELL LIE."
Maori chief's advice.
krtt* £ ,ng tbßt there was » «™i•■d tai\r any ways the Celt WirtL M Tl' thc Hon - A - D - Mc Le«l S wS, ° f .J* n< I»). when speaking at ' £tt " T! I,C bl «*hou ß e, I*" Upper SSL. * Sat " rday ' told a st °T of a PfaJSy farewell » na a Maori's persttH?? he J ! ft the 2 ,ens of Scotland V? Z? n ° f age •" Baid Mr - McLeod, »•/ «! *" kcd mj P r andfather if he "M* >Z WOrd of * dvi<,e to R jv e him. bid heart i 9 full '" re P lie d the *w£V but l will BR y «•«•-never en- •»* ° f * difficulty by tell- - and in a new land, 5LE'ii Mc £ eod ' hi 9 father Wft s to hear the same words from an old JJJfrt chief. This chief came asking for «w DMoreit was due, a common occurj""7»n those days. He came to Mr. -w*oa ■ father's whare when the owner vSZ^ n b, but waitcd tin his "turn JJJJ made his request. Mr. McLeod, sen., ttm \ note m,t awav in ft box in Jj« whare, but times were hard and ho «■ not want to part with it, so he tried 2*«oi> wHh his Maori visitor, and said: •wven t got it, so it's no use asking." • uii *•" ,ic " the chief. "Have ■«« ia the box." (Laughter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 246, 18 October 1927, Page 9
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226"DON'T TELL LIE." Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 246, 18 October 1927, Page 9
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