MAORI TRIBUTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1936, Page 7

MAORI TRIBUTES.

RICH AND TYPICAL. . NATIVE KING'S MESSAGE. , "SAIjUTE WITH HEAVY HEART." 7 (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) r * TE KUITI, this day. A translation of tlie messrge sent to ~ the Governor-General, Lord Gal way, from the Maori King, Koroki, is as follows: — "Sir, —In the presence of the Angel of Death and with a heavy heart I •( | salute in yon the spirit of his late 11 Majesty, King George V. With the > tributes of sorrow from the tribes and ' chiefs of the Maori people of Ao-te-aroa, , I join in heartfelt sympathy at the ; loss of our father. The sheltering tree 5 of the many has fallen. The piercing 1 winds now sweep across the courtyard 1 and the pain of sorrow gnaws unceasingly at the heart. L "With His Majesty King Edward 1 VIII. and Her Majesty the Queen • Mother we reverently bow our heads in . sorrow. May God in His mercy comfort > and guide them and all members of the • Royal Family in this time of great i tribulation. This is all. —Koroki." i The Maniapotos. The following telegram was sent to the Prime Minister from the Maniapoto tribe at Te Kuiti:— "The Honourable the Native Minister, Wellington,— "Sir, —The Maniapoto tribes join in ; rendering sorrowful tribute to the memory of his late Majesty, King George . V. The lightning flashed across the heavens and the thunder crashed when the main pillar of the house fell asunder. Depart thou, the father, to the council -house of thine illustrious ancestors. In the realms with His Majesty King Edward VIII. and the sorrowing Queen Mother, we mourn for him who, in this mortal world now lies on the couch from which there is no rising, and on the pillow that will not fall. May God grant that the Royal Family will take comfort from the knowledge that multitudes throughout the world share in the grief for the father of the farflung British Empire. From us all.— Tamahika Waeroa, chairman of the Maniapoto Council."