TE ARAROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18253, 23 November 1933, Page 12

TE ARAROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.)

The mortal remans of the late Mr. Pehi Wanoa were laid to rest on his farm at Orutua, near Horoera, East Cape, on November 14. The Hev. Tunoa, nephew of the deceased, assisted by the Rev. It. T. Kohere, conducted the funeral service, which was largely attended by natives from all parts of the Coast and Cape Runaway. Mr. Belli Wanoa, after a lingering sickness*, died on Sunday, and on tlu* following two days large numbers of people arrived, showing the high esteem in which the deceased was held. He was of chiefly rank, and for many years was engaged in sheepfarming, and for the last two years was also engaged in dairying. He was 52 years of age, and leaves a widow and a family of 12, four daughters and eight sons, to mourn their loss. Eulogistic references were made by several leading men to the life of the late chief; one speaker said the late Rev. Pine Tamahori and Mr. Pehi Wanoa were of their generation the most amiable men in the Ngati-Porou tribe.

Many people who attended the jjj funeral of the late Mr. Pehi Wanoa I were impressed by the neatness of the Is numerous flower beds in front of the 1 j homestead. White helping with the b j family's cultivations, Mrs. Wanoa K | always finds time to look after her p ; (tower gardens. Mrs. Korohina, an jjj (aged neighbor of Mrs. Wanoa’s, has j| I also a beautiful flower garden which jg |is admired by every visitor to her jg j oos'y cottage. ■ j The pluck of the cream carriers at ffij [East Cape and Horoera is to be com- g | mended. The distance from Te Araroa I to East Cape is .15 miles, and this is s | traversed every day. The can of I [ cream is placed on a cushion tied to j| [ the front of the .‘•addle. One of the S I carriers is a young girl who is admired 1 for her pluck. The cream carriers do jbj not now come as far as Te Araroa, a cart having been arranged to bring g the cans from Horoera.