A WEEK'S TANGI
FUNERAL OF RATANA
MANY MAORIS AT PA
(By Telegraph—Press WANGANUI, September 22. About 4000 Maoris are housed at Ratana Pa for the funeral of Mr. W. T. Ratana. which takes place at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday. The burial service will be conducted by apostles of the Ratana Church. It is expected that the Acting Minister of Native Affairs, the Hon. F. Langstone, will attend the funeral, and also Sir Apii-ana Ngata and other members of Parliament. Maoris continue to arrive daily for j the tangi, which will last for the whole of next week. No discussion has yet taken place regarding the appointment of a new leader, but the matter will be discussed next week with Mr. H. T. Ratana, M.P., chairman, Mr. P. K. Paikea, M.P., deputy chairman, and Mr. E. T. Tirikatene, M.P., treasurer. Hundreds of telegrams and letters of sympathy have poured into the Ratana Post Office, and these will be acknowledged after the funeral.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1939, Page 8
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161A WEEK'S TANGI Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1939, Page 8
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