PICTURES AND PLANS

Northern Advocate, 6 February 1934, Page 5

PICTURES AND PLANS

INTERESTING COLLECTION. CONTAINED IN TREATY HOUSE. ASSOCIATION WITH THE HAST. WAITAN6I, This Day. (Special to “Northern Advocate '•> : The interior walls of the historical ! Busby residence at Waitangi afford an

! j interesting- study. The collection at present hung in the “Treaty House’ ’ i is as follows: — Mr C. F. Goldie’s painting of Tamati Waka None. The Marsden Cross. Kororareka, 1827. James Bushy, 1831. Plan of the British Residency. Lord Normanby. Lord Palmerston. ■Captain William Hobson, R.N. Invitation sent to the Maori chiefs to attend the meeting, at Waitangi. Kororareka, 1840. Rev. Henry Williams, C.M.S. Key. Richard Taylor, M.A,, C.M.S. Hone Heke. House of the Chief Rewa at Bay of Islands, 18401 House of the Chief Pomare at Otuihi Pa, 1840. Maori grave at Pomare’s Pa, Otuihi, 1840. Mission Church at Waimate, 1840. Topeora (one of the ' three women permitted to sign the Treaty). Rev. John Hobbs. Rev. John Warren. Major Bunbury. j James Busby, 1870, Mrs Busby, 1870. Facsimile of Treaty of Waitangi. Facsimile of Wellington sheet of the Treaty. Copy* of the first Gazette Extra-

ordinary. The pictures of “ Kororareka, ’ ’ 1840; “The House of the Chigf Rewa,” “The House of the Chief Pomare, ,, “Native Grave at Pomare’s Pa” and “The Mission Church at Waimate” have been donated by the Royal Society of Tasmania, and that of “Topeora’’ by Lady Pomare and the “Facsimile of the Treaty of - WaL tangi” by Sir Cecil Day, C.M.G., C.B.E. IE REHIA CUP CULTURE PROFICIENCY. KEEN RIVALRY. (Special to “Northern Advocate *•> WAITANGI, This* Day. In the excitement of otlicr happen- ' ings, there has been little public interest in the competition which ds pro-

coeding at Waitangi for Tc Rchia Cup, •which was presented by Lady Blcdisloe ! f-or tribal proficiency in aspects of * Maori culture. Among the assembled 1 natives taking part in the eelebra- ] tions, however, tlie greatest rivalry 1 prevails, and the result of judging, ' Avhieh will probably be announced on Wednesday, is being eagerly awaited. Points are counted throughout the . O 1 huis and are not assessable merely on yesterday and today's showings. Warm favourites at the moment arc the Ngatiporou tribe from the East ■ Coast. , VENERABLE LINK 1 MR A. P. BUSBY. 2 NEPHEW OF TREATY NOTABLE. 1 t An interested visitor at yesterday’s i proceedings was Mr Augustus Fred- i eriek Busby, who, at 88 years of age,, i made the journey from Whangarei in order to witness the celebrations. He is a nephew of the James Busby, of Treaty fame. ( Mr A. F. Busby was an Albertland < settler, one of 800 Nonconformists 1 who migrated from England in 1862. I ■ J EAGER SNAP-SHOTTERS i INTERRUPTED THE VIEW. ' r ANNOUNCER’S ULTIMATUM.' 1 (Special to "Northern A.dvocav<V) 3 .WAITANGI, This Day. 1 During yesterday’s receptions, an s area was apportioned off for spectators 1 to sit on —provided they kept sitting. ] But most were like the übiquitous < Jack-in-thc-box, especially those who had cameras. Someone was always 1 jumping up for a moment or two to { snap a haka or poi dance, an act which encouraged other people to stand up. Protests from the people 1 in the rear were numerous. ’ At last, , Sam Maioha, the announcer at the loudspeaker, declared: “If you stand up to take any photo any person behind you is fully empowered to pull you down” —a warn-i ing which had a corrective effect. FEALTY TO THE “KING” ARAWA PEOPLE. MALE LINE OF DESCENT. (Special to "Northern Advocate. ') WAITANGI, This Day. An interesting explanation, and one hitherto unpublished, of the strengthened regard of the Arawa people for the Maori “King” Koroki, now at Waitangi, lies in the fact that the young lender’s male lino of descent lias been proved to have been an Arawa one. An ancestor anmed Pikiao, after whom a sub-tribe is called, had by his l Arawa wives only daughters, there'j being no male issue. Dlspariug of ob- j tabling a successor, he entered Taiuui j territory, •married a woman of the country, and by her he had a son. From that son the tree traces down to the present Maori “King.’’ Previously and subsecjiiontly the 1 Arawa and Tainui people were often j at loggerheads, and the union appears j to have transpired during a lull in the normal state of hostility.