Gifts for St. Stephen's

Te Ao Hou, September 1962, Page 41

Gifts for St. Stephen's by H. D. B. Dansey Mr Wallace Mangu, winner of the dairy section of the Ahuwhenua competition, and his wife, being presented with the Trophy at the Hui Topu last May. St. Stephen's School, Bombay, received a significant gift recently from a well-known New Plymouth resident. If his gesture encourages others to do likewise, something of real worth could well be added to schools all over the country. The donor was Mr L. M. Nutt, J.P., who is president of the New Plymouth branch of the Founders' Society and a member of a number of local organisations. For many years he has been a collector of items of Maori craftsmanship in wood and stone and bone. One Sunday recently, he presented a number of items from his collection to the school with the object of interesting the pupils in the craftsmanship of their ancestors. The gifts included weapons, adzes, three large carvings, a shell trumpet, fish hooks, ear pendants, and many other articles.