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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 138, 7 March 1929, Page 9

Sideshow proprietors on the country show circuit sometimes have to face unfair competition (remarks the . Auckland "Star”).' At the Opotiki Show the other day there was one Maori of magnificent proportions who held the gaze of all who saw him. It was evident that much study of Wild West pictures had preceded the selection of his costume. He, wore black trousers, made very full, and held bv a metal belt of wondrous design. Silver-coloured, it was at least 2m. wide, filigreed, and it shone in the sun. From it there hung a sheathed knife and sundry ornaments. Then there was a black silk shirt, relieved by a pink silk scarf worn round the shoulders. The hat was a fawn sombrero. There were many other young Maori men at the show, and on the whole they were of the strong, vigorous, alert type which is seldom seen in the cities. Many of them competed m the show competitions, showing a partiality for the steer-riding contests, lhe tall one in the sombrero did nothing. His work for the day had been done in the morning before a mirror;