| Show I I cr crI 1 I s A L I A b 1 I I I I I lI AMONG THE MAORI PEOPLE Mormon Con Conference Secure a Oratory O r tory to ference frence I n fl of I p Ie writes tram from ron der W Vt 13 D Af lan and d N Z Arl 12 na a follows 0 II o S SAu Au conference held at lt nt hell r ago og a i 1 r X K W the president of at this rain L i of oC can t cence the Ion and a nd X loading I Maoris from I with I O a Ut f th tho formed a i committee comm lIt ce to tc e h t r Id a the April conference where ro 11 Cal c f fr I JI r M Ir huuM h be bC tle held hell All the Maoris nor from roni the var as c th amended J the highest high cat forth their In tn bringing 0 Of f oratory I y lie next rb s r e tD o lw their fhe peakIng are aro laurU I J sure It ii iiI I lii In excel I an S tie CM cl HoVver lg cr al If f they they do Ic doment ment often us as it angry J Jd d r all I Id had hd been heard It A 4 of at near neat s e L 1 d 1 tho h people 8 should I uhl prepare for tor our con coil Ke rene to I be b hell heH pt 1 and d drene for tor select The mom renson I h t wu because the church chU h hf this Place K s WIS E gland were verc ere going to hold holti a I large areo lallo lalloo ol o f n h from r from m March to April I ot oi collecting money mOloy to tJ th the Purpose for tor I be tO erected before r church to aU I f r a c would woud kit flat t and ei II B the tho Maoris have to 0 build Urge lage eating eatn and sleeping 1 i ue e for lor th visitors who would come caine comeI h I ii im 1 alt all parts arts of Sew New ew Zealand It k would Live ao I mating all that labor to have I ve our conference at al the name iamo place The 1 he church of at England desired the two to tor r In order to ta Increase their col k lions and l by r meeting together we ve would have many man of at the converts coLvert of other churches hurches present to listen to uJ u present the Gospel as eta a restored In these last lul dayl da dB Several months before the conference va 8 to commence the people of at the place pace aee numbering about six fix hundred ed to build houses to accommodate r date the The Die Te room rom erected for tor the meeting was built bui of ot ordinary rushes laid on ona onn a n frami fram work of pole and over the th rushes ru hes was wa laid lahl long wire gross with wih pointed o down own and the layer tayer lyer above overlapping like hIke shingles This made a substantial roof root which shed the heaviest rain the Tho ho building In shape round Is lx feet teet In diameter with vails wahl aUs set seven en feet high and a n cone shaped root roof which Is thirty feet high In the renter center A nag flag fag pole one on hundred feet teet long Q extends up through the center of at th thi roof ro t The two eating rooms are Ire joined at a aright right angle and at nt this elbow Is the en on entrance trance to the cooking sheds shed Tho The toad food Us u served med to the tho two long tables the full tul length lenth of ot the tho rooms roms from frol the ends and Ind the angle ongle Four I our hun bun hundred hundred dred lons could be comfortably seat seatS seated ed el it at th tt table at one tine time On One hundred hun hundred hundred dred and s fifty cooks a and waiters waitere waler were busy preparing food toad and attending II t the during the hul hut I was WIS told toll krone by One of at the butchers butt h rl that during luring th the nine Sine days of ot the two huls huis con can te en beeves hOt hOgs an and one hundred and eighty sheep tere er together with tons of at I sugar bread cake fruit etc elc etc From this It will wi w be b ie Hn n that a n conference of oC this size mini rUI t a a great reB amount of at labor and nn ex for those thoe who undertake to run It tt and M a time of at feasting for tho the visitors several lone ions lon houses houet were erected for tor wring rooms during the tho tle hul huh and d the theL L roots noon nor of at these houses were svere covered with and over this a n layer luer of at braided nut mats made oade out of ot flax lax After removing ter their hoe the people could be w locate I cale themselves with wih their blank ts ts n r n these th se mats mal About lEOO LOO people shee from nil nfl n parts partA of New Zea Zeo land to attend tho conference On SuI un una r March the tie church re ta by the thc Chuli Chuh of at England l was wu edi S led and ond nd n loery wery speeches delv TI rd but the sound lound of the los Cos M Iel was wag wa not touched No solid sold food for tor the spiritual man could be bc found toune In all allA 01 their sp he A Al All was light S1 and airy and aad th gj only to o tickle their ears e April 3rd was waB their and most Interesting day It Itc I v 1 S 5 n M as a day To lo the c ni v lay casual l emr this thi simply conveys tho the thois L ea of f the money 0 on u the plate is ts i It pie but bu to those present It al a e I i ins most feature of ot I tuh C k Gathering i The Tho ho tribes Collected tram froni toni 0 to o MO 0 a and d amount was WM turned turnell OVer to their tl and IS as tlC tILe names ot of the tho em cm Hn mi ot f theIr C respective tribes were i cut b the nester master rasler of adV Jd jA the of the tribe made his I fe and aerl perhApS Paid Pt Dart of ot his nor mater Ore fart ard Inter lie he surprise the they Mill lir y V In another nother anther pocket a n aa aa argi amount Some Borne tribes paid ald aldo a 1 In amount pull of rL gold eon J ollier othier bc h ht large lafKe lar e o CI ent C n P fV laGe stanis In ln to be differ Iler their 11 from S the others otherl One tribe paid pall r donatto In ln United State ren re ey y and an nd cd the co collector was puzzled COUld not count couri it and n a great creat I atno ot ai the It t i n a eua were ere assed about wa wab way b OM produced d a stone tone with a wih ame ad and lizard on I it He lie le be ber beI le r I i tUf In ln describing the unseen un een n Tr ue wm Ier t f thIs In Il lie said that It Iti th d th Ih r row r to Maw draw l mane money i T After exhausting his ator tn AtOl tie On the th occult of ot this n It turned It U over oer to o the collector coletor hid had h an IS t uld that the Uie tribe mane money bank t en de deposited In iii the Gisborne abo to the bearer of at the n on d Hone Honeth I th ent trIed to malce the most n sum tf ef l Pete eth And pay lY the largest Cr mOne and anI this competition rr great Ibe h interest ant brought out outs al s e J the people 10 t e In a flax nax plate lat made a I aly 3 tor or th the This Thu plate 4 Il to Prest J JR JI JT was afterwards presented T I R Magleby Kor two weeks previous to tho the Church tIO of at 1 gathering tho Moon Maori magicians worked In their their strange stran o black arts and sought Ind gods that the tho weather might be line lne their hill but to say nay during hii lul down clown Incessantly the ruin poured dOln whole and thu the day they had bud hu charge Place was os slush mud hut hilt the eve eO fling at of April unc tho the clouds cleared cleel away und and Api next morning morn In when we ve took charge of ot the tho grounds the thu th sun still came Caine out In nil all ul his lila warmth anti and brightness mud dispelling the drying up UI the Ul cheering of at the place gloomy Bloomy n the thc hearts of the tho people and giving all alla ni a n testimony as ns Is IB always tho the case lose at atour lt atour our conferences that Clod Jol the prayers of at Ills His Saints and over overrules 01 overrules 11 Thu rules the elements for tor their good food weather rles could not have havo been beon butter better leler nil ni nh through our conference The he people noticed this change In the tho heavens anti Ind It caused much comment among them for tor they the have ha e noticed In years gone one by h that the tho weather Is la always good tit nt our huls huts Every Ivery Hitler In this mission was nR pres pros In nil all Some of them ther hundred miles to come collie cometo traveled seven mies to tu the thc conference They truly In lii the tho testimonies and un discourses ot of their brethren and tin were well strengthened and encouraged In Iii their labors President J H E a presided nt mit tho the conference Three meetings were iere wee hold held each until day for tor three days thays fn on UI the fourth day on nn Elders Priesthood meeting In Iii the evening a I concert was given glen glenby by the thc Elders 1 and some of the tile talented Maoris present On Tuesday the the time had to wait over n it I day In an un European city cl for tor the steamer so they the obtained tho the opera house and und gave an In to a large lurge Ad All Au 1 dulses solos recitations Instrumental music und and a few fc lime light views made The Thc people felt well the thc program fol wel up UI Mor Mormons paid for coming coining out to hear the thc i mons The next evening while returning on Oi I the tIme steamer to Auckland the Elders by hy I Invitation Joined In iii a n concert given on onboard Oi Onboard board The Thie TIl Hon lon Jas JIS Carroll Maori member of ot parliament acting n ai M chairman chair chairman man In a neatly turned speech remind reminded 1 neaty ed cd the audience of the power and flu In In dally life ot of music and nil u ii 1 capital luence program dl was WUI gone through All A worn Vero werl delighted with wih the tho evenings en cn enjoyment enjoyment Here hero as n In other parts of ot the world wand the News ea Is Iii II a it I mod mOt welcome visitor I by hy all amid highly appreciated ni |
