MAORI CARVED CHURCH
THE OPENING CEREMONY. NOTABLE HUI IN PROSPECT. GISBORNE, Oct. 24. A hui at Tikitiki to commemorate the opening of the memorial carved j church and the unveiling of the soldiers’ monument will be held on Febru|ary 14. The Bishop of Waiapu, Dr. Sedgwick, will perform the ceremony of consecration of the church. Ihe Governor-General will be present, also the Prime Minister and Sir Maui Pomare. Provision will be made for the accommodation of 2000 people. The church is slowly approaching completion, and it will stand not only as a memorial to the Ngatiporou boys, I who fell in the Great War, but also to 1 the patient toil of Hone Ngatoto, the ■nan who is doing the carving. To ensure the completion of the church before the opening day two men are being sent from Rotorua to do the minor carving. The carved pulpit, the work of Rotoma people, has arrived, and the stained windows are ready at Wellington. It is understood that arrangements :ave been made for a party of American tourists visiting the Dominion early j next year to attend the function.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19441, 29 October 1925, Page 5
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