TE WHITES LAST SPEECH.
[by telegraph.—pbess association.] New Plymouth, Thursday.' The Herald's correspondent at Pungarehu' telegraphs :—" There was no meeting at Parihaka yesterday, owing to the wet weather. At the meeting to-day about 300 were present. A great tangi was held on the death of Nuku, brother of Titokowaru. The purport of Te Whiti's speech, was to encourage young Maoris to fence and cultivate land. He quoted the Bible, mentioning a flood and fire that/ according to Scripture of old (lays, wasted the land for seven years, and Te Whiti said the Government power will cease within seven months. Two of these months have'elapsed, 'thus leaving five more for the European supremacy. ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6164, 19 August 1881, Page 5
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112TE WHITES LAST SPEECH. New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6164, 19 August 1881, Page 5
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