MAORIS' GIFT TO LORD BELEDISLOE
riNK .MATS AM) LARGE CHEQUE (THE PRESS Special Service.] AUCKLAND, February o. An unusual and generous gift to the Governor-General (Lord Bledisloe) as chairman of the Waitangi National Trust was made on Tyesday by the Whanganui tribe. It consisted of a number of very fine flax mats woven by the most skilled women of the tribe and ornamented in various traditional styles. The gilt perpetuated an old custom genera) among Polynesian peoples and Maoris. Similar gifts have been made to every member of the Royal Family who has so far visited New Zealand. What was remarkable was that when the pile was unfolded some time later a cheque for £7O was found pinned to one of the mats. The donors, with rare modesty, had said nothing about this. The money is most welcome because the Trust Board is much in need of funds, not only for carrying out improvements on the estate, but also for ordinary maintenance expenses.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21085, 9 February 1934, Page 8
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