| Show NEW ZEALAND HUI TAU wellington now new zealand april blodys maori association bait lake alak City Utah knowing that hat you are ar all iu lu tented in this far aft land to a greatel all or less lem extent and would be pleased to bear of our annual conference I 1 take pleasure in penning you these dinep at the hul tn of ef 1896 hold held at Tai gaski akl hawkes hawker bay it was wag then decided wat hat the Waira rapa should be the scene of our annual gathering this thia year Mahu an of Pap awal khouth not a member of the charob called the aff hul ua at t big place for the past few months the place appointed has baa pre banged anted a busy scene oene an ai great preparations have been going on OB A im manse frame house which li Is to be used for large gatherings gathering so BO characteristic among the maori people bad been erected ere eged a portion of which was wai turned over to us u in which our meetings were held oo on the he lot let lust beinas and eldera commenced to gather and for three days day following as aa each train ar rived the air was rent by the music magic from a recently organized brass bran baud composed of young maori maoria and the of the natives engaged in their bokal bo kaB of course the what orero fc was waa indulged in until a late hour on each evening on saturday the new house was waa formally opened by all parta partaking klog of a area readi sunday april ch our conference began at as 10 with several hundred tia adred saint in attendance bad and twenty eight elders from zion in the opening prayer the building was also algo dedicated I 1 made afew few introductory remarks remark gre greeting eging all ajl who had bad assembled and reporting briefly the condition of the work throughout the arsion I 1 also compared we totals of the statistical report of 1895 with these of 1896 showing BOW inga a total increase inore aie or of of tb abie is bomber are maoris laoris and at she afternoon session leaion a great mady europeans Euro peana were la in attendance so 0 o the time wits wai occupied by european aldere Ifil dera through ao an interpreter so 10 that all 11 II could have bare the benefit of was anat was wai said cald three meetings were hold held each day of the she aw ath and ath during which time nearly all the elders poke and a great many halle hall had bad been secured at carterton carverton Car and troytown grey Groy town north by the elders laboring amoum the european a of the Waira rapa to in which public meetings were held bold as a follows follow oar car tartan arton sunday afternoon and evening north monday and tuesday realf Te alf the attendance at the meeting was vae not large but those who did attend wet were very our elders elder mooting meeting was wai held bold OB an we he alb insl anu an before proved the cream ot of the conference nearly nv ave hours hoan were in testifying speaking peaking of the of 01 god and asking on and an n questions ques tiona truly it waa a 10 aline or of rejoicing for us all the opisio from the first airet pel denoy was received with gladness by our oar native brethren and sisters ei ier each one listening attentively to catch tory every word therein the epistles irom the association and one from elder were listened to 0 o mool attentively ll it certainly does the saint good to know anew that they hey are not net forgotten by the returned elders elden A low few individual letters letter from hirial shanga whanga were also alse read in our bear tug lug the leading men from each district diat riot in attendance at the conference held bold a meeting to decide where our next hui tan is to convene Waira rapa was waa again successful in it and it to IB expected that hat next year will find us ua holding forth in the quarters qu artera we h have a ve just juit vacated the treatment received ived by us at the handi bands ot of the outsiders during the hut hot was waa certainly commendable and deserve special mention Tain tamatsu shau virtually turned his hii dominion over to us ua W we were favored with delightful weather during the entire conference which aided greatly in making every thing hing pan pa off so ao smoothly the northern conference in waikato I 1 have attended daveral dle trial arlot confor eneis and am now on en route for the be south blough island I 1 am pleased to report the condition of the mission as fairly prosperous roup and the abe health at 01 be eldib with but bat one or two wo exception very good all elders join in sending bending kindest regards regarda to so members of the and in bisbing you all success in IB your endeavor for good E F |
