THE LATE HURIA MATENGA.
LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE
FUNERAL
[PEESS ASSOCIATION.]
NELSON, May 3. The funeral of Huria Matenga (Julia Martin), "the Grace Darling of New Zealand," took place yesterday, and was attended by two thousand people at the pa at Wakapuaka. As a tribal chieftainess, the daughter of Emano, all tangi honours were paid, and about one hundred Maori visitors ■were present from all parts. Mr Paratay a nephew of the deceased, delivered an oration in Maori at the grave, and Archdeacon Grace read the Church of. England burial service. The tribe provided hospitably for «1U
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 106, 3 May 1909, Page 8
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96THE LATE HURIA MATENGA. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 106, 3 May 1909, Page 8
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