“CHIEF OF CHIEFS.”

Gisborne Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5536, 17 July 1920, Page 7

“CHIEF OF CHIEFS.”

KAHUTIA BOWLERS’ TRIBUTE TO , SIR JAMES CARROLL. j ARIKI INSTEAD OF PATRON. During the course of the annual meeting of the Kahutia Bowling Cl iib ou Thursday evening, Mr Mason spoke in appreciative terms with regard to tlie Hon. Sir Janies Carroll, patron of the club. Kahutia, lie said, was the name of the grandfather of Lady Carroll. lie asked members to agree to the alteration of the name of patron to its Maori equivalent which was "Arikh’ The word was synonymous • with "Chief of chiefs” and lie thought, in the case of Sir James Carroll, the | expression was .most, appropriate. Mr Mason then moved that the word patron be altered to "Ariki” and the motion was carried unanimously. Sir James Carroll said that when Ireland was under a septarehy it was under seven kings principal of whom was the Ard-rigli. An Ard-righ was, in other words, an Ariki, and whilst, lie had no desire personally to be looked upon as a. person of such magnitude, lie would say that if the members desired that the patron of Kahutia should be so designated then the matter must rest with them. Mr Mason’s proposal was put to the meeting and carried. » ■ —sr l - I