Show NEWS r N EW I 1 MISSION geo R henderson of joseph labors among maori and other ne zealand tribes many man of our readers no doubt will be ie interested in tile the fol follow loNing ins letter aich on account of its intrinsic axes alue xe we are publishing in full agricultural college hastings hasting new nenn zealand september Septem bei 21 1025 1925 dr markus barkus editor Ri richfield clifield reaper dear friend wl will I 1 I 1 ion y oil kindly send end in reaper to bo be 72 auckland instead of 31 A C as I 1 have ha c been transferred and want nant to get the re reper afier just aa a as possible it is useless for me to fully express ma appreciation for or year kininess kindness in ending my good i r lend the reaper to me but please feel eel assured that each issue is eagerly awaited anti and read in fact I 1 keep the copies and read lead them t two to o or three times I 1 have hae been labeling labo linz at the maori agricultural college for 15 months month teaching different subjects to hois from new zealand tahiti samoa tonga all and hawaii the witie bo bos we ha hae e also one white hite boy the natie bov boi is end endowed oed with nith a splendid body bodi and is naturally bright strong anti and a athletic they the are ery cry apt in football which inch is played placed here to a large extent in fact 1 new ne zealand might be termed th the e home oi of the alie worlds best rugby 1921 saw sai a team from new zealand visit england wales france etc thirty games enera one 0 of f which they won on on thi this team was as a 19 vear ear old maori boy who he was as in ever r game was comm commented e ate I 1 0 on n by the king va na feted bv the prince and acclaimed the worlds horld best bugl fullback ile he is i ceo a student of M A C on this gear bear s all black team new zealand zealanda Zea lands all star team are 5 former students of our school chool the native bos bols easily hold their own ori in such ruch games their early earli maturity is very cry marked as is their brightness when then boung the maori is indeed a hardy race here is an incident of very cry recent happening A maori woman wag blessed one morning with a new nel bab next ilav dav one of oui elders elden saw a a very cry oung infant in the atins aims of a woman who ulio was nas an interesting spectator at a hockey hocke game ile he said Il lats a rather oung one to be out here in the cold 11 1 es eq replied the woman noman onan 37 hours old whose is it ita asked the elder i 1 I mine replied replie the woman oman and there she was a watching Nat ching a hockey gime in winter inter with ith a baby less than two to days das old blann will ill not belice this but it is nevertheless s true the maoris laoris are undoubtedly undoubted descended from the Hawa nans anti and so from the american indian in whom av they the are deeply interested the are cry susceptible to religion and enjoy it very cry much in fact the go gospel gopel pel is 1 easier taught to them than any other subject they the south sea catnes are ver er good natured aspeci adly the samoans Sa moans of whom uuiorn we ne hae about 8 or 9 here the are brilliant and musical As a human nature study tins this is a rich field my work ork has been mainly in musical and athletic lines which I 1 have enjo enjoyed ned ery cry much we hae a band of 23 25 pieces a choir and string orchestra cli estra and maintain two to rugby teams I 1 am leaving soon con for auckland which bich is ohp mission headquarters awl and the largest city of new zealand I 1 liae been greatly blessed since leaving home and am happy in the renice sen ice of the master ater a happiness not found in any other labor I 1 know knon of thanking you ou for the reaper I 1 am i sincerely bours ours geo R henderson |