Show princess te buea new zealand village ruler kule r Is worshiped ped by her subjects under the leadership and direction of the daughter of a maori chief a princess a group of wal wai katos has reco recovered erad by purchase from white owners the lands surrounding a spring sacred with re legious significance and of sentimental value in the traditions of the tribe writes a waikato Wal Wai kato new zealand correspondent in the chicago tribune A native village has been built on these Allese lands after models and plans a century old with calv carvings ings and all the characteristics te dear to the history loving laoris maoris and hero dwell to te buea terangi and several hundred of her people oblivious to the changes brought about by invaders though seventy two years old and worn and wasted by tuberculosis she had traces of former beauty and she was a grand and glorious woman even in a recumbent position she had a regal look her complexion was light brown her figure was small and thin her fine gray hair was woe long and hung free and unconfined below her shoulders large and expressive eyes alternately flashed fire and misted with tears as she discussed the conditions confronting her people her volca voice was boff ancher and her manners were gentle to tc buea Is a remarkable woman she deserves to rank with the worlds great her people worship her sh she 6 Is not aggressive shuns publicity i and devotes her life to the advancement of the laoris maoris she has adopted and reared more than a hundred orphans she speaks reads and writes english during the world war no inducements offered by the british could induce her to advise her people the wal katos to enlist in the allies army it Is said that if she had acquiesced to these persuasions and sent her people to fight for england the she today would vituld be a grand dame of the british empire and in receipt of a comfortable pension she steadfastly refused to accede to the requests of a government which she says has stolen the lands of her people |