An Original Proposal.
Maori pebfoMSrs;"fisT ENGLAND-- :J '," : (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 11. A'proposal'has beea inatta'.tha-t a party of about .300 Maoris, of, whom one-fourth should be women; and girls, ,- should be conveyed' to England for the purpose of giving in London, and other large cities war, dances,-hafcaft, ' and other athletic displays, and poi^ ■ dances of native race., The; SAigggjr.- , tibn was made to the* Hon. James Carroll,- who referred the maEfer %6 Captain Gilbert, Mair.,, The latejf placed the proposal before,a large number; of tribes and the T people of- ' Rotorua, and it wa* ;iwcfeiToid,-with ; : great enthusiasm. T^rßUg^wtaon i* that the Maoris should lie, conveyed to England about April or/May next, . so that they could be there at "the ' coronation. Efforte.are, to s ,be made. at- once to get,the proposal financed . in either Auckland or London.
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Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9975, 22 June 1901, Page 1
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137An Original Proposal. Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9975, 22 June 1901, Page 1
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