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Show Philanthropic Maori Chief. One of the most notable of the Maori Ma-ori chiefs who were presented to the Duke and Duchess of York in New Zealand was Te Heuheu, who presented present-ed to the colony the splendid national park that includes the volcanoes of Ngarahce and Ruap3hu. He is the grandson of a famous cannibal chief, who fifty-five years ago was buried alive while defying the elements during dur-ing a destructive landslide. Te Heuheu, Heu-heu, in all the glory of war paint and wearir g little more than the primitive flax mat around his lo'nt, took part in the exciting martial dance of his tribe before their royal highnesses. A little later, when he. came to receive his medal frcm th? duke, he was no longer the wild war.ior, but a ssdate, courtly gentleman, attired in silk hat and faultless frock coat. |