A MAORI LEGEND ABOUT AT AMURI.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 266, 7 October 1875, Page 4

A MAORI LEGEND ABOUT AT AMURI.

I A correspondent writes aa follows:— | Seated oa the top Cof,a large atone or 'boulder* aa old Maori wakine tWs {informed, roe about the meaning of the | worbV Attarauri; bul before doing so, jsbe carefully filled 1 her pipe, then indulged jn 9; quiet smoke, seemingly lost < io the outside world, T whilst I looked at her withered, tatpoe.d face,«. wondering 'if she bad ever charmed the hear'ta of lovers, iike the pretty maideoa of the present ;age:-^- ■.■).'.'» ;:»;■/;.- «.-: ..;; . j '*P«kena, "-25. Eigfitiwn" eeh&ihUibtiaT iago 3 there 5 resided a« this pfaeVa 5 ' Ibvely < girl, ao. beautiful thaMha/Taipo fell io lave, Wjth ,h§r, which was turoad iotpJ hatred fwhen she got married to a ybVng ohie'f of -i&e -kribo of -'Ng^ft&ai.rV Jangh ' and'Hvedlliier'e. l Tbe young phief returned rsojbi a settlement fen wi 'isSi did^ no^> reluro for.moQthß after. The jTalpoV during this time roamed about,;, ';tr^agjio dje?troyrher"; bat slrer learrag B^t; Hfvif iWeb't^". ftjoS.^h^r^ ■<Wr ; ,w^f3>iju>'^di{-:. in; ria']^«»*j? f ., which ffir^dd also forfa place of pcayer.: iQftettic^o^^'AtiA^rii^^^ tafcfa^ cbildrep y?ith,her, goto. them aadi^'ee^ at ith;e she suffered by |h§ t . Deyil -being -ifrloye with- her* - Now, !#3NH«* AtUmuW' Men h F a3 *t)efe" -.jjq>,l«|^ ;; a i^aljk; fioroaa the ; Waikato f river, " Therefore,' oae sttaoy dtiy', iaikittg the baby witfs ber^-lhe jexact little picture of its mQtQ^~"Bhe ! ioroaaadjovar in a" canoe, and wander^a 1 jSome'ldwiancV witk' Mxl. baby . in . Ber! iITJ9& x^e?H a |a44en|yTif ppAft^dV which so alarmed Atiatauri that_§E|. |r|tß awaj^4*Ja«jt^B posaibjef, t^e Deyil ■after her. Often would he, instead of but when he got sear to Attamuri she , would r^ise hsr rjgbt hand. and implore protection from our God, calfiog out ;Ataa, Atua. "W ben JheTaipo heard; j this be trembled with fear,, and fled ! fftstec ?than : be came. . Feadog that he | would not be able to catch her alive, he | roiled these stones you see lying hore, lafte^^her, f j could: not in i Btoppiog Abarauri, who was now get- j '\f&B-M!N&i:\ Aftejr a w^lft she t^ojughj jby crossing tharwater sh;e would stop ItheTftipo. Tbi& waa juat what the i '?J«iHQ u w,aßßted,!%> wt>e_o. she was atr.ugjgling in tbe water -ho held her down, I Sut tbsi Attra topced Arfaaiuri and the | I^td^ Btob^, see ! iQnly; js j*^"' '$$'■ true^liire v w I Atiamuri and her baby, and hare , She atbces which the faipo rolled down , to destroy roy greet ancestor Atiamdri," • ~wj|i|b_ ! ;c^j;now'hb' seenl forming the y ; 4terjfa)^ abppfe iO jarda ih.e bridge.— N. Z. Herald; ; « : ,

. The Bpa^ed of^ trams in Germany ia given by n recent report ap fotlowAt-rr I Greatest speed per hoar, ■ icclo'difef; stops, for e^ptess and fast trains, 34 miles; for ordinary passenger trains/ 2ST iS ~ Slowest speed for' express adit) fast trains, miles; per^-houF; ordinary passenger trains, 18 miles. A^^S 0 •■ speed per hour, forrejcpress and fast traiqs, 28 railee; for ordinary passenger trains, 21 miles. < < r Charles 7 ; Booker, the postmaster of i Stoon, the' Sioux City and Pacific \ Railway, wW Wceniiy struck dead by :lig^oiqg. The electric fluid tore every, vestige of clothes off his body, and d¥b?d!a djeep hole in tSegrquiQd.r T^e. Sioux City newspaper r^pprts a mo! tier and daughter 'struck dead oy lightning. | Perhaps ihe most econbiiiical wky of ; rearing really heal.ihycaUes is, by pjtt- \ tiog two to be auc^jad by one cow> To give a good cow only one. «d lf to rear ir; wprir, affo/ alihough the jjalf be the 'better it will acarcely pay • t>q£ a cow well, attended. fp, will rear quite comfortably two excellent calves. <Ind^djihis is, the most~e^eotual way.qf geUiDg'a full supply of milk from a coiv ithat would otherwise give very little. .; t „.''•' >-