LOCAL AND GENERAL
Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London principals, Messrs. Samuel Page and Son, date Ist inst.. —Butter: Prices are 1/higher (now 113/- to 115/-).
There is nothing bigoted about the little Maori village of Rapaki, on the shores of Lyttelton Harbour (says the Christchurch Times.) In the quaint church, which has an ancient houi, or lace-barked tree, as a belfry, the Methodists hold a service on the first Sunday in the month, the Church of England on the second Sunday, and the Ratanaites have a service on the third Sunday. The population attends them all. When someone commented on the apparent inconsistency, a shrewd old lady of the kainga said: “Oh, I don’t know. We are only a few people, and are all looking for the one God. It is not as though there were three Gods; we are all searching for the same one. So we all go to the service, no matter who preaches, and I believe that if the Roman Catholics sent a priest out we would also attend his service. What else are we to do in a small village with only a handful of people?”
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3263, 5 February 1931, Page 4
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200LOCAL AND GENERAL King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3263, 5 February 1931, Page 4
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