NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 8, 27 December 1928, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

MOTES FROM ALL PARTS.

THE DOMINION DAY BY DAY.

HERB, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE* MAORI’S NOBLE GIFT. One of the many remarkable incidents at the great gathering of Maoris at Pakipaki, Hawke’s Bay, after the consecration 0 f the Bishop of Aotearoa, was a .presentation made to the new Bishop of Mita Taupopoki, the patriarch of the Arawas. Mita stepped forward, at the gathering with the aid q&m beautifully-mounted cane, presented to him atßotoru'a by the Duke of York. It was, naturally, one of the most treasured possessions of the old Maori, but, after an oration suitable to the occasion, he handed] it to Bishop Beunet. "You are in your own country under the Messing of your God,” he said, ‘‘and thi s will remind you of our King.” SHE BIRDS OF MOTUIHI. t • *,. .a Although a limited portion of Motuini is now available! tor picnickers, me major portion bribe ismncl is sun ,to oe sa'oyy,Ulc soum-H esujxii emm oeatieieu aboutare several large clumps ol bush, and as a result of -curse piotectiou tJi» native turns .nave’ gound, a sancuuuy. Officials on the island, hear out tub statement-that ,the. r.are makomako or beilhird is-'tiiere,-, and- pigeons aim an occasional; kaka, have been seen. 1 heasants were liberated on the isiand some tun© ago,, but they did pot ilourish. The English birds, have icr many years been plentiful on Motuihi. the thrush, blackbird, starling, chaffinch and the übiquitous sparrow being fairly common* NEW AUXILIARY SCHOONER .. ’■ . . The auxiliary schooner, Hoki’anga, which is being built by Mr. G. Niccol at Freeman’s Bay for A. G. Frankham, Ltd., will be launched early in the New Year., She will replace the schooner Isabella de Fraineyvwhich was wrecked on the Hokianga bar last July with the loss’ of all hands, The new vessel has .been specially c n-• stnfctedJ for bar harbour work and is about the strongest-built craft of her type in the Dominion, being diagonally built of heart' kauri with a sheathing of totara below the waterline. The twin propellers are driven by two ICO li.p. Fairbanks-Morse full Diesel engines of .the latest and most powerful,type. ■ Gil-driven winches are fitted for the loading and, unloading of cargo,' ■ ' • .

REJMVENAT.ED* Nativesmf the W’aiapu district have been provided with q new topic by a sudde.n change of habit on the parr, of a great then located in the pa at Tiki tiki (say 5. the ‘‘Poverty Day Herald”). The tre.e had not borne fruit for a great numbej of years until the present season, anfel its sterility had been taken for granted for a long time, but one enquiring Native took the trouble to ask the Government Orchard Instructor, during one of the latter’s periodical visits to the Coast, why the tree did not bear as others did. The instruct' or noted that there were no other pear trees in the neighbourhood, and advised the enquirer to procure some blossom from another variety of pear, place the twigs in water-filled, jars, and. hang them in tne branenoa p<. the non-bearing tree. ; Mystmed unui the instructor had explained to him on broad lines .the basic principle or cross-poilenation, the Maori finally adopted the experiment, and this year, the tree bears a fairly healthy crop or fruit. At a recent gathering at the pa, Natives Iron* other a^as'-express-ed surprise at seeing the crop, and heard with some-degree of incredulity the explanation of the tree’s rejuvenation. PURPOSES OF EDUCATION. “There are two main purposes in education,., One is toihelp--people to earn a living, the otfieiy£dy.%lp, J?eopie to live,’ 1 ’ said; Miss V.- Ni; Greig, principal of Wellington. Girls’ pollege, in her annual report. ~“A .large and not least important part of one’s life is concerned with something more than earning a livelihood, for man cannot live only unto himself; he is a social being with a duty to his fellow man, to the community in which ho lives, and to the world hi general. It seems to us that in training a child the school must send out to meet the demands of the calling ho is to follow in life; and the school fails, if at the same time it does not so equip and enrich him physically, mentally, and spiritually that he may with profit not only to himself hub to others occupy his .moments of leisure and live more fully, and therefore more happily, so that he may play Ilia part adequately as a citizen and as a member’ of society. If t)ie school discovers and educates the Quid’s -capacity, develops his moral sense, and teaches him to solve the great theorem of Livahleness of Life, it hajs fulfilled 'its mission, and is not unworthy of its high calling.”