Nz Chieftainess's Daughter
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At Mauke
From Our Own Correspondent
Mangaia, Nov. 20.
THE appointment, by the NZ Govern ment. of Mr. Alfred Scott, of Wel lington, as Resident Agent, of Mauke, Cook Islands, has brought the Maori tribes of NZ into closer contact with their Cl cousins.
Mr. Scott’s wife, who before her marriage was Miriama Heketa, of Hutt, Welling ton, is the daughter of Mrs. Piri Heketa, a NZ chieftainess of very high rank, who died lately. Mrs. Heketa up until her death was a well-known figure in Wel lington Maori church and social circles, and the dignity and simplicity of her bearing will long be remembered by those Europeans who came into contact with her. The settlement on Mauke Island of her daughter may be considered as an embassy from the “Maoritanga” of NZ to their cousins in Cl.
Mrs. Scott is highly educated, and ar tistic to a degree her dancing was always a feature of Wellington Maori concerts and she has considerable musical skill.
Like Mr. Ryan, the new Resident Agent of Mangaia, Mr. Scott is an ex-officer; it will be interesting to see what changes and improvements he will see fit to effect at Mauke, which, like Mangaia, is a some what primitive place.
Mrs. Jeff Thompson died at Brisbane on December 6. She was Miss Osmer Craig, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.
E. Craig, of Samarai, Papua; and she leaves a son only six weeks of age. Her mother, Mrs. Anna Craig, some weeks ago hurried to Brisbane from Samarai, to be with her.