TOHUNGAISM.
A NEW PROPHETESS. [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, May 14. The sensation caused in the Bay of Plenty district by the Maori tohunga Rua has been accentuated by th© appearance of a Maori, prophetess, who is credited with some marvellous cures of sick people. Her panacea for all ills appears to be liberal doses of brandy, with the result that there has been an enormous run on tho hotel stock. RUA’S ENCAMPMENT. [Per Press Association.! WAIROA, May 14. About a hundred Maoris are encamped at Awaawaroa Bay, Lake Waikaremoaria. The followers of the now prophet foretell the coming of Christ and King Edward on Juno 25. Rua has taken tho spell off the lake. It is “ always going to be fin© and smooth.”" Most of the natives oomo from Whakatane and Opijfikk
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 14060, 15 May 1906, Page 7
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132TOHUNGAISM. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 14060, 15 May 1906, Page 7
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