Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-06

book of 375 pages, illustrated by the
'Iauthor, and entitled, "a Ride
Through the Disturbed Districts of
New Zealand, Together with Some
| Account of the South Sea Islands,
by Hon. Herbert. Meade, X. N, pub
lished in London. 1871.
1t. Meade. who met his death foun
years after serving as officer on board
the, Curacao and Esk, was asked by
Lord Grey to undertake this. trip in
to the disturbed regions OF New Zea-
land. The narrative is singularly
simple and interesting. while quite
free from .unfairness or bias towards
any Individual or race.
HOUSES
The whares. or native houses, re-
fleet scant credit on the race that
remains content to live and die in
them; for they are generally far in
fesior in size and appearance to the
4 publications of the South Sea Island
crs. and are not such as might be
expected from men SO Intelligent in
most things as the Maoris.'
Mr.. Stevenson and Jack London
have declared themselves In favor of
the Samoan house for convenience,
comfort, and beauty, and as the
best" habitation In the Pacific seas.
II remains for the Pacific Scientific
Institution of Honolulu to mako a
thorough study of the evolution Of
the present type Of Polynesian hut.
OF the Maketu district, North ISL
and, 1t. Meade says: This settle
ment has always been famed through
out Maori land for the beauty of the
women, from the days Of Hinemoa
down to the present time and dur
ing our stay We saw few young
girls with compilations like southern
gipsies, just fair enough to let the
warm color shine through the clear
tolive skin, and large, dark lustrous
eyes, with great and ever changing
expression, rosy lips, as yet Undecided
by the blue tattoo. and beautiful
fnow-white regular teeth. But ever
the best-looking Maori girls rarel,
keep their beauty long - thY hav'
hardly reached womanhood or ma
ternity, ere the once firm bust ha!
lost its shapellness, and the clea
white of the eye becomes dimme,
and furnished" PIP. 34-35.
Some of the men have very Jew
ish features; some of the womel
pretty faces though of pure Maor
blood" PIP. 15s-159.
II MISSIONARY AFFAIRS
"Mr. Gracc's report is not encour
\ aging. His house and propert
at the mission are heavy, loss. -.
He leaves tomorrow. -. He gov
us a glowing picture Of what tn
Taupo Maoris were five years az,
whilst under missionary rule; {
their docility and industry; how the
cultivated large tracts of land, sent
ing great quantities of grain for sal
at the distant settlements; and theI
Having gethered in their own CROP
trayeled away to help at. the wiki;
mans harvest; of the well-attende
tschools, and daily and weekly SER
6 ices; how universal was the Ger,
mony of vmarriage, how rigidly Il,
Z. hered to; how all these good thini
!, and many more were. and fourishe
In the days, when he had the pow,
| of sending an offender against mora
| ity to rusticate fquite Iiterally)t f
| a month or two In the bush. a
| yet 1t did occur to us, that. DO
| sibly the very power of exercisiu
i this sort of authority had indirect
| tended to weaken his influence M
| lessen his hold on the affections
| the. people; that the severity wit
| which habits Of at least such doub
| fnl wrongfulness as, for instanc
that of smoking tobacco-the OF
SOLITARY luxury of this simple peop
| were depressed, produced in Il
| lnative mind a feeling of impatIen
'of'e rule which In other respects h;