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Northern Advocate, 20 March 1934, Page 3

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE CENTENARY OF THE KAITAIA STATION CELEBRATION OF A MEMORABLE EVENT HISTORY AND EXPLOITS OF PIONEERS :: :: :: REMARKABLE WORK AMONG MAORIS T was one Hundred years ago on Sunday last, March 18, that the Church of England Mission Station was founded at Kaitaia, To celebrate this momentous occasion, an impressive service was held at Kaitaia, a report of which 1 appeared in yesterday’s issue of the “Northern Advocate.’’ As the principal phase of the occasion, Archbishop Averill dedicated and opened the Memorial Lych Gate that has been erected to commemorate the pioneer missionaries, ' the Rev. Joseph Matthews and Mrs. Matthews, Mr. William Gilbert Puckey and Mrs. Puckey. The occasion marked the centenary, to the day, of the payment cf the purchase price by the Church Missionary Society for the land purchased at Kaitaia for the mission. On this and the following pages is published a selection of historical information which is of especial interest in view of the celebrations which took place on Sunday, and which should be preserved by Northerners, as it constitutes a valuable record of the early days of this territory. ' 7r '