Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-02

H.i '' INN 100 NNNW aaNNANNAs
Monday Dec 33fd We celebrated
lhc ulGcic % Anniversary OF the Prophet
Joseph smiths birthday In New Zealand
hy continuing our conference At PapsWai
and holding three more well Attended
meetings. W1emu Neea Tc'kanae,
liuaui Iur Wnatahoro (alsO call d John
n. lury) one OF the assistant translsiUr4
oil Tile Book OF Mormon into MAORI
James l.. Abbott, MILFORD +. Ncbgker
and Joseph w. iiuiori we're the speak.
ers 300 the forenoon, Otene Pomate, g..
Leo Bird Edgar U. Rest and Hugra
lc kuruku IN the afternoon Elder
Abbott trans aiing for EIdcIs Bird aud
Best, aud IN the evening the speakers
were PaTAtcne Tut Henare, Apatau,
Elder Blwlesl and l'ui lie Huatahi,
child was blessed IN the afternoon meet.
ing aud several SICK persons were
administered 90 during The day aud even
Ing Elder Thomas ]. O'Buen let for
Hawkes. Bay to attend 10 sumo marriage
ceremonies In his district
Tuesday, December 24th. A number
Of the Hawkes. Bay Saints returned
home In the morning. For fear Of over
AAANNk w. NNIN AMN ANANAA NNAAH % WIS.,
deemed wisdom to hold only an even.
ing meeting ON this date. Some Of the
Caucrton Saints lEuropean.l visited
Papawai, aud n the afternoon Mr Price,
% photographer from Mlstcftou took a
large picture Of Papawai me tng house
aud conference Visions, the Elders IRON
Zion and the chief Iamahau occupying
a central position m the same. A mega.
q.
Sunday School. ln the evening The
finishing meeting OF the conference was
held, ID was commenced at O'Clock
and continued for fully tour hours aud
a hall, OF until 1850 y. m. 70 loving
are the names Of the speakers, ANDREW
enson Through President Gardner
Hamuesa karaitiana, Repa Maka,
Whakapau Pomare, Maunga Ruiu,
HoromOna TIE R1ngaparae, Ngawhakaa-
hua IA sister Hakarala Hemi, Aporo
II. kumrfoa. Wifemu Ncera Nc'kanae,
Hama Te'kanae Ia sister) Pcuilmne
Hawakawa James l., Abbott and VIII
liam Gardner These speeches were
generally interesting, iull Of meaning
ana rich In good sentiments. Much Vi
What was SAID was an ENDORSEMENT Of
the teachings given hy the Elders from
Zion during the conference. Some Of
the speakers also den uncgd the acis OF
the Church Of England missionaries,
who IN many instances had deiIaudcd
the natives Of their lands One case
was referred to by Watcnr Hemi from
the South Island, where the church
mentioned had received q donation OF
500 acres u land, IN fe.ufn Tor which
tue missionaries had uny built one
small meeting house Tor the natives.
Several appropriate hymns we're also
sung during tie session. This was the
largest meeting have ever attended ia
New Zealand OF anywhere else, and
toward the l7iter end Of IL. It kept the
Deacons busy most Of the time pOking
away at the slecpefs with Their long
sticks, Whenever these officers OF
which there were quite a number IN
active service, saw anyone doing Oft or
even nodding, they would step up close
10 the sleeper. and II this was not sui
hcitnt TO awaken him, they would apply
the point Of the stick to the limbs, bJdy
or head u the sleeper, until an awageu-
Ing necessarily was effected. Our
Deacons In Zion might learn profitable
lessons from their Maori brethren as TO
how people can most successfully be
kept awake when they age being ad-
dressed by tedious, loug'windcd speak,
crs.
The WJiarapa district OF the
Austfalasian Mission may properly be
termed the cradle Ol MOrmonism So lar
a. Maondom IS concerned. as il wss here
that the first successful missionary work
was done by liticrday Saint Elders
among the natives OF New Zealand. A
European branch Of the Church had
existed at Cautrton in the Waimrapa
Valley for some years when Elders
Alma Greenwood and Ira n Hluckley,
Junior, in July, 1883, began 10 preach
the Gospel to the Maons. They com.
menced to bap,Ize July, -, 1855, or.
ganized the fret naive branch ul the
Church at Papawai August 20, 1855 and
the second at Te OroTe, December 10Th,
following. The Whitapu branch was
organized December Sth, 1886 and when
this latter branch was DIVIDED IN May,
1857, that part Of Il which was made In.
to a new branch was called the Kohunui
branch, aud the late chlei PTipl TrMaari
set apart as It's president. These four
branches, together with the European
branch at Cafterton constituted the
Wairarapa district at the close OF 1891.
aud represented at that time one hundred
aud lorty.uine baptized members, or
Including childrenl two hundred souls
belonging to the church. But during the
present year new branch called
Paranalso has been organized by Elders
George Bowles and II. Lee Bradford.
There are four Elders laboring In the
district al the present time, oil whom
two watch over the Maori part and the
other Two the European part OF the
district.
The Papawai branch consists OF the
Saints residing In the native village OF
Papawai aud the European burg OF Grey,
town, the latter being the terminus Of a
branch railway iiIy three miles north.
east OF Wellington and six miles from
Cartero1. Papawai is two miles east OF
GTeylown, near the Ruamahanga river,
which is the principal stream OF the
WaTarapa Valley.
The kohunui branch contains the
Saints resid ny IN the lower or south end
OF the Wilrarapa Valley, or in the vii.
lagos OF kohunuL TuranRanui aud
Paporowhiler The meetings aud sun.
day Schools are held at Kolunui which
10 situated on the main road running
south from Greytown and distant from
that place about thirty miles
The Wallapu branch has recently been
mated with the kohunul branch Prior
to that il consisltdof the Saints residing
in the village OF Wailapu, situated on
east OF lett bank o, tue Ruamahanga
river m the Waiarapa Valley, about
twenty-five miles south ui Greytown, or
twelve miles inland from the ocean.
The PHansko branch embraces the
SAINTS residing IN the vi age OF Pdranako,