BIG CAMP AT RATANA.
MAORI RELIGIOUS REVIVAL. (Per Press Association.) WANGANUI, Dec. 23. For :■ week p.i-si (here lias been n steady influx of natives from all pails of the Dominion hi Rtitana, wln-re a religions revival on u !)!::• scale will be held on Christinas Day. Yesterday about 3000 were encamped, and each train briug.s more. The camp largely consists of tents in regular rows, with cookhouses for difl'ereni sections, while a complete water service and electric lightin» have been installed. The disci pline of the camp is strict, while good sanitation is a feature, In connection with this the Districl Health Odicer is visiting the camp daily. During the past year Rataua has received 71,000 letters from people seeking advice and help, the communications being from all parts of the world, In many instances money, occasionally of large amounts, has been forwarded, but in every case it has been returned a a Raiana refuses reward of anv kind.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3105, 24 December 1921, Page 7
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158BIG CAMP AT RATANA. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3105, 24 December 1921, Page 7
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