A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . THE FERRY AND WHAKF. THE POST OFFICE AUCKLAND CHAPTER VIRUSSELL THE next day we started, a party of seven in alaunch, to see as much as possible of this in-tensely interesting locality. We crossed directly to the opposite side of the harbour,and landed at Waitangi, Water of Wailing. It washere that in 1840 the Maoris met to discuss the question ofceding the sovereignty of the islands to Her MajestyQueen Victoria. Captain Hobson of Hazard met them in con-ference, and when the terms of the treaty were read, astormy time ensued, until Tamati W
A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . THE FERRY AND WHAKF. THE POST OFFICE AUCKLAND CHAPTER VIRUSSELL THE next day we started, a party of seven in alaunch, to see as much as possible of this in-tensely interesting locality. We crossed directly to the opposite side of the harbour,and landed at Waitangi, Water of Wailing. It washere that in 1840 the Maoris met to discuss the question ofceding the sovereignty of the islands to Her MajestyQueen Victoria. Captain Hobson of Hazard met them in con-ference, and when the terms of the treaty were read, astormy time ensued, until Tamati Waka Nene, the greatNgapuli Chief, stepped forward, and seemed to sweep awayall dissension; and the historic treaty was duly signed, andthere was born to the Mother Country another child. The enlightened Tamati Waka Nene for upwards ofthirty-one years faithfully upheld British prestige, and diedregretted by all the inhabitants of these islands, as a stoneto his memory testifies. Speeding across the harbour again, we were just intime to catch the tide up the river
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