(6.) “He ika toto nui.: He kahawai ki te moana, he wahine ki uta” (much-blooded fish are the kahawai in the ocean and woman on land) is an old saying. They are both sources of much blood. (7.) “He pari hoki e rere ai ke te Po nga wahine no nga tane”: If their women are captured, or in danger, men will fight with reckless bravery to rescue them against great odds. They flow, like water, down to Hades over the cliff represented by their wives, mothers and daughters. (8.) Whakamoke.—The modus operandi is as follows: One of a concealed force fires at the enemy and dodges down, while his companions hold their fire. The enemy then fire at the smoke of the above shot, whereupon those who hold their fire shoot at the smoke of the enemy's guns, or at their heads if visible. Briefly put, the meaning of whakamoke in gun-fights is “to conceal oneself and fire at the smoke of the enemy's guns.” In other cases it may imply lying-in-wait, &c.

MAORIS IN AUCKLAND RUGBY by TERRY McLEAN Maoris these days play a big and important part in Auckland senior club Rugby. A number are candidates for the Auckland representative team. Several are among the most promising of the younger players in the city. And some, it goes without saying, are the most spectacular and popular of all the scores of senior players in the city. It is a matter of some sadness that the most spectacular player of all, Albert Pryor, has never quite reached an All Black team. Albert became Public Favourite No. 1 of the Auckland public several years ago when playing for, or against, various Barbarian teams and after his transfer to the city two or three years ago his spectacular runs and bashing, crashing style caused considerable public interest whenever Ponsonby was quartered on Eden Park in the match of the day. Albert, too, unquestionably developed the peak form of his career in playing for the New Zealand Maori team in Australia last year. A number of the Wallabies who visited New Zealand later were insistent that Pryor was a great forward. Unfortunately, he tried to play, on return to New Zealand, on an Achilles' tendon which was almost ruptured. He played a bad game for Auckland and was promptly dropped; and it must be confessed that he will have to play very well indeed to win back his place. He and Freddie Allen, the Auckland selector, have never quite hit it off. Both sides are conscious of this and it definitely affects Pryor's form. I have not been the warmest admirer of Albert's exuberance, but I am bound to admit that the sympathetic friendship which developed between him and Mr Frank Kilby, the manager of the Maori team, made Pryor a really outstanding forward in Australia. Perhaps his future hopes lies in a similarly sympathetic understanding of him on the part of selectors generally. Keith Davis is, of course, the only All Black among the Maoris of Auckland Rugby at the moment, but it will be surprising if another one or two don't come to light in the next season or two. A possibility is the loose forward, Hone or “Munga” Emery, who has secured his discharge from the Royal New Zealand Navy and who looked as fit as a buck-rat when playing for his new club, North Shore, in the opening match of the season. Emery came very close to selection for the 1957 All Black team which visited Australia and the country is not so rich in loose-forwards that it can afford to neglect one of his robust, bustling type. Davis, incidentally, played in the match against Emery and startled everybody by kicking four penalty goals, one of them from the best part of 40 yards. He must have been too modest to try himself in this role before. Keith, of course, has retired from the big stuff, but will keep on turning out for Marist. He has thickened out a wee bit and looks as if he may have a good club season. D. F. Menzies, a former New Zealand Maori representative, plays with Pryor in the Ponsonby team and looks as swift and elusive as ever. This