Feast at Waituhi.
[communicated.] It is said the meeting of natives at Waituhi, near Ur Chambers' has some political significance, and is a gathering long arranged to welcome Te Kooti back to Turanga (Poverty Bay). That a number of our Uaori friends would bo glad to see him back again there is no doubt; but, on the other hand, there are others who will not extend to him the right hand of fellowship. There are a great many Maoris now assembled at the above-named place awaiting the arrival of the strangers (Waikatos) and who will be heartily welcomed, considerable preparations in the way of food having been arranged. We are credibly informed that no intoxicating liquors of any kind will be permitted to be taken to the ground. Policemen have been told off to watch and keep orLer. We have little dffiibt if the people who meet together in pure Uaori fashion and co-tom are not interfered with by designing pakehas no harm will result and there need not be the slightest fear of any impropriety, for it is a fact that generally speaking tfn rule has been that the natives are far more law abiding at these times than Europeans are when they meet together in any numbers.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 82, 20 December 1887, Page 3
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209Feast at Waituhi. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 82, 20 December 1887, Page 3
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