THE MAORI KING.

Dominion, 24 February 1913, Page 4

THE MAORI KING.

| HIS CORONATION DAY. ! (By Telegraph,—Special Oorreepondon*.) ': I • .Auckland, February 23..! I lko coronation of "King" Torata Ma» Imta will tako.'plaeo at Itaglan oh Men!day. A Very largo number 'of 'invitai jtlous have been issued to both Maoris and ' ipakekas. ■ ■ ./■ , . • ('.' [ lu' connection with, the ceremony wagons (laden with provisions have been on the! ,road throughout all this week; bound for- ; the To Kapua settlement. commifri isariat. which is on a very 1 citensivo 6cale) l ; includes thirty tons . of, potatoes., forty/ ( pigs, considerably over tt'hundred Bhecp,' 1 while bullocks are being killed at the tale of two a day. About two tens of fish have been caught, and are now undergoing 1 a drying process. . .-', .' Tho big meeting-house, 60ft.-by Bsft., is-| almost completed, and ,thig nnll bo supplemented by a marquee measuring 60ft. : by !>sft. ,-There will be a big church) meotingr-to-morrottV"- WeSrOA'aßon mony being fixenNfor. Monday/' ■-.'-.-■ ...'.'■ Nativo affairs will also bo subsequently '", discussed; and the gathering is looked for', • ward to as being ono of the largest bhd * most important that lifts taken place for many years past;: Fully- two 1 thousand Natives are expected to be present, seme coming from as for away as Tauranga and Taupol. .'.'.. ■:*.''. '