PAKEHA AND MAORI.
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■ ■ The 'ill-effects upon Maoris; of; Europeans working on Sundays, were referred to by the Anglican Bishop of Auckland . (Dr. A. ■'; W. ', Averillj, in the course of his speech v at the annual meeting of the Lord's Day Alliance at. the Y.M. A. last night. "Be- , .fore I came to Auckland I was travelling ', in the Bay of Plenty," said the bishop, ; '" when a , Maori asked me to go to his -house as he. wanted to show me someV thing. I accompanied him, and he pro'■■:■■'clueed a prayerbook, and turning to the fourth commandment, asked me if; that applied only to the Maoris and not to the pakeha. His Teoson for asking, he said, ,;'' was that all his pakeha neighbours worked 'on Sundays., I was ashamed. Three: weeks ago 1 was asked practically, the same thing by a Maori in the North," isaid Dr. Avcrill. "This man declared that . : one of the greatest evils before the Maoriß to-day was the bad example of the pakehag; I told him to live true to his principles, and God might use him as a missionary to the pakeha." .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15613, 20 May 1914, Page 10
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190PAKEHA AND MAORI. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15613, 20 May 1914, Page 10
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