A MAORI GIFT
.- -.:■ ♦ • — — ■■• WA^NGANUI GRATEFUL, ' '.- ; ■■■'■.. Per Press Association. . WANGANUI, Tul- -ii. Mr Alexander Hatrick to-day r':rtived a letter from Walter Williams Hipango, the noted Native "hief, the 1- 1.. ter signifying his desire v m-ike a free gift ■to the people of Warjra.nui of ant area of thirty acres, being part of the beautiful a 1 hd hiatoric.-V.V.akat&ki Pa, situated about fifteen mile j-, up the river. This, land, which rriakf.s an ideal picnic ground, is at the present ■time worth many pounds j-er a r?. but its future value as a public re.'vrcnrio-i •resort is incalculable. Mr- Hatrick, in asknowledgiing the letter, iatina:2cl hvs grateful acceptance of 'he generous offer, and undertook to at once.c:>nv;y the. same to the Mayor an ;l '.orporation. •._■'-■■
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Grey River Argus, 22 July 1910, Page 6
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124A MAORI GIFT Grey River Argus, 22 July 1910, Page 6
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