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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2322, 15 October 1908, Page 4

A correspondent of the “Hot Lakes Chronicle” recently wrote:—“On Sunday Inst the Natives of To Ngao chartered a launch to take them to Awahou to the tangi there. Their contribution to the.expenses was over £5. Practically the whole pa went. The launch would in all probability cost them.£3, as it brought them back on Monday. The Monica Maoris likewise chartered a launch separately for their visit, and they took about fco as an offering. They went on Tuesday and returned on 'Wednesday. The Rotorua and Whakarcwarewa Maoris also 'went in launches, and took about £l3 .with them. The JV Puke Natives aro expected, and the Tapuaohnruru people are to have a launch sent for them to convey them to the tangi. 1 asked one. man if they wero all starving at- Awahou: lie laughed and said, ‘Oh, no, plenty kaij about 300 there foisting on Sunday.’. Nobody objects to tho -Maori feasting in honor of their dead chiefs—one is glad to hear they have so much spare cash—but in the face of a demonstration such as this, what i farce it is to mako complaint about ‘starving Maoris,’ and the necessity of them fishing without a license because their needs aro so great that the price of, a license is beyond their means, and they will perish of hunger if tlie fishing is not supplied free.” -