MAORI SUPERSTITION.
A itEMEDY NEEDED. [Per Kress Association.] NEW PLYMOUTH, Dec. 24. A "Taranaki' Hetald"' correspondent spates that a large number of Maoris fron} all parts Of 'the North' 1 Island are patiently waiting at Barihaka to hear T*Qhu!*s promised wonderful tidings, but so far, the spirit has not moved iiim mucli. On Dec. 19 he gave a rabbling discourse from the Spspturcs, constantly referring to three kings, st^tirig that two had arrived on Cash maiiy years ago, and tbs third had j,u§t arrftsd. gbnio Natives thlnk"'^''^^-?/''^'^'©!!^ C&nmgof Christ, but they spend their tim«» in feasting and dancing. The same correspondent refers also to the fact that wl}ile Native .toHinigas are prohibited from practising, 'nothing is d-pn* to prevent- numbers of unqualified pr^tipners' preying oh the : Maoris': " ' Parihaka is now the happy hunting : gi'Ound fpr these quacks, and if 7 a Maori dies under tbeir hands "nothing is heard about it, as the law does not make it necessary fcr de4th ' to be certified by: a qualified medical man. "" ""
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7589, 24 December 1902, Page 3
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169MAORI SUPERSTITION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7589, 24 December 1902, Page 3
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