Inabtok Uteiy iwnei— Antipodean Notes’ —the author, speaking of the conversion and civilisation of the Maori, asks whether, " with all his cannibalism and savagery he was not a far mon interesting creature than the lazy, drunken, and generally useless, civilized Maori.” The book appears to have been written by ore of those numerous glebe ttot- ” tan who pay flying visits to the colony, and then pose as authorities on all matters connected with it. He tells a story, which may or may not be true, of a Maori battle, in which one side shivakoosly ceased firing until their opponents bad obtained a (tub stock of ammunitiM,|
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 200, 25 September 1888, Page 3
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106Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 200, 25 September 1888, Page 3
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