THE MAORI MECCA.
HUNDREDS VISiTING RATANA
The unusually large number of Maoris travelling this'season ii arousing eonsiddrable curiosity on the part of the general public. Eatana, Uie newlyformed borough a few miles from Marton, on the New Plymouth line,..is.the. Mecca to which many hundreds of Maori feet aro turned tQ-day, and jovery train that passes Palmerston North has a large percentage of Maori pa&eriggrs; in -'fact, m several instances, special carriages riave been put on: to accoTOnTtoUate the number of native pa&erig£r3 to Marton. It is understood that Ratana is arranging a comprehensive series of revivals i» the tcrtvii that bears his Dime, and the. natives are flocking in large numbers in answer to his call. The village of Eatana hold's manjr- things of interest to the rtativd mind, and apart from being the headquarters of their leader possesses its b\vn newspaper; print«l in the Maori, •
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16921, 30 December 1925, Page 2
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146THE MAORI MECCA. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16921, 30 December 1925, Page 2
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