FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13516, 20 October 1914, Page 8

FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.

THE MAORI COSTINGEiNT.

STIRRING SPESECHES AT NAPIER.

(Special to Herald.) NAPIER, this day. That the fighting instincts of the Maori are not yet dead is apparent from th 6 numbers m which Natives i'n all parts of the Dominion have volunteered for active service. The numbers were so great that the difficulty^ of the auithoi lities.wa-s not to get men, but to decide who should be left out.. Those selected, judging from the appearance of the <v>r.t, r :;gent on |_Sarade at the Drill Hall yesterday, are a fine stamp of Maori, everyone being healthy-looking and of good proportions. Thirty-five of th?n) came from the Tokoinaru Bay district, 27 from. Poverty Bay, and 11 from Hasting- They were paraded at the Drill Hall. Tho l\ortliern men were met at the birnkwater by the Iloa. A. T. Ngata and Wi Pere, who addressed them m Maori. In addressing the .men at. the Drill. ■Hall,' the Hon. slr N'ga-ta advised them to behave themselves as Maoris should. They should endeavor to. keep up the honor of tbe Dominion and the tradition af theif raco, the best x&e \i2icir-r, fhe British flag. They would have t-::>. leave strong drinJc and- -other evil things alone. They came from'h fs?htin'j> rr.ee, and should give a good accouint o! -thomselve^.i Bin-nfeete*' w^re " vbon issued to the men, andi>the^'^arad*B ■.Ai mc- "Marine Parade under SergeontMajor Tnckey. After an hourls drilling the contingent disbanded till 2 o'clock. •-- ''■'' ROLL OF HONOR. Following is the list of those levying from these paxt?, excepting the Wa-iroa portion, the contingent from the Northern township not having yet arrived ;.-r .O!sborne: Arupate Paloi, Eenata.Pohatu, Rangi Rua, Kahutia Te Hau, Rota Waipara., Rewiri Kirimana, Kanu Puhipuhi, Rua Pereto, Hum Wai'akihi, Rawiri Grant, William H. Albert, Autini P. Kiapara. Hemi Poumea, Wherehi Arena, M. Piregor,. Whare Mgca, Hone Moslor, John Morejjaniv WiZl|flm Morris, Piana Pere, Pa-ri Pewhairangi, Wiremu H. Rangi, Tehirca Ec Puni,:Rfl'^Wair>aUi. -ftone Haere, Jas.' Thompson, Wiiemu Tuhtvraij T vYaretiui Rukingi, E^ihaEuru, Tiora. Pepatue, Riniu iSuKwvmpd^liete JEfiru. . • • •'.•■■■

Hnirke'a Bay : Hiko Anaru, Hone.-Re-poni, Metu Ereatara, Mando Wir^mu, Honotiau H&mi, Tutu Homana, CP-una' Taaarmi,- Mihaere Maten'e, Mita Ahgte, Hohepa Watarawi. Pineaha .Rupn, -Wire Burn, John Hakiwai, "Friday i Patrick Hawkins, . Whakateri, Te Kani, , Ke Tua Ta. F-ua Rua, and Mohi Hirini.

East . Coast : Rawirire Taewa, Taw.hai Ztfokina, -Kohere, Joe Bristawe, Popna Bristowe, Reupena ' Toheririi Haare Taunmunai, Prnera Kaw3iair>Malai Hale, Honu Pareta, 1 H. Metehe, Whare Whareponi, .Hohepa Peka, Wiremu Kouka., Hone Pyiha, Ren& Turiv Hekiera Kurara, G. :W. Millatutu, Tutere. Grace, Hare Oerrsrd, Tomane Tathii, Kaawheaa Tofcaie, Taretuhi Mara-ki, Enoka Potea, Waiheke Ptrha, Ted Bristowe, Kenana Pnenga, Tahemam Whaukaponga/: Joe Williams. Here Pol, Ttturu Teipuno, and Rutone Reihana. - • ■ ; ■ THE SEND-OIT. .., . There was a great crowd at tha Parade m the afternoon to -witness .'.the official send -off to the Natives. Mr J. Vigor Brown, M.P., speaking on beh>lf of the Natives of Tokoniaru Bayj\dißtrict l ,i said i "The Natives, of Takjtimu district send greeting's. Chin* thoughts are arrested by tko~ great Eiaropean war poyr^bewx so stubbornly fought, whose vibrations have "reached our v own shores. <Qur hearts' respond to the motions wnicV prompted our Imperial leaders to ym>%e the sincerity of our international f riendr ship with France and Russia 'by great dneds. We alao desire to express. /our adiuiraticn for the brave Belgians (And our sympathy with them fair their dark days. Truly this wa-r is >„ not* .-only for ovac national existence and- honor, but also to reassert^ on behalf of humanity j the great principles of liberty and 'justice "o hardly won and now so basely I threateoecl by a tyrant's might. The Native people of 7\ew ■ Zealand have always treasured the rights and privi- j leges enjoyed by citizens of our great' British Empire, 'and we rejoice that m ! this time of national crisis an oppdjfcu- 1 nity is offerer] ih« Maori' people of -New Sealant* to shave with our • fellow-stib-jpcts* i.he burdens of Imperial duty* I Tho.re duties clearly. , tell "us -tio strike; and to sti i k-e bard, for, the right, and they toll us to soften, the unhappy lot of tho Belgians. The response to the invftat lon vjv ' Mr.ori volunteers «had- • been _ s«> ifjady and so cheerful t-hat those for-tun-itx- encugli.io be ch.ospn are but « fow of "tli«? many eager to tr..ke the oath of al!'egir>r.^e twd uphold the Empire's glory. We now ask you to accepts the enci'.j^f-d tfift of £100 from us, the Maoris of Tskitimu district, as a contribution tov-<Trds£ the war fund, and towards the Belj? : an ire'icf fund, to be apportioned m -uch manner -as you, with the advice of fhe Ministry, may see fit. There is no ..doubt that similar offerings of moh and trioney^ and affection for King aivd ( Empir°r'wiil bo mad« m .other Maori districts m "New Zealand. We trust that the aunshiha of an bon.or"abl« and 'lasting peace may soon pierce the 'dark war .cloud."

• Spei>chM w<.re o-I^o made by Messrs Tarannki Te U?. Hutana Wi Pere, and - th? Hon. A . T. Xgata. At th<J "call of the Hon. A.. T. Kgata, the contingenters iid the haka. Tbc scholars from H\ikajrT.o school sing a Mai>ri'soTig of farev/ei'l, and an impressive ceremony ended with thb Angmg of "God Save the