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TOHUNGA IN TROUBLE

; ." ■-.■■ '.'.''' '."•>,.'"."'■■V.' ■■■'■■ LIVELY TIMES- AT WHENUAKURA ' '■■: . . .'•; ; PA7 . .-.■ ■'■. (By Telesrajpli.—flpeoiaj OorresDondent.l : .'•'•..'. •■.•■■•"■'Wanganul,-'July,27,- l ' ; _ Tohungaism is reported to have beeii in evidence agaia at Pa, between Patea and Waverley. An epi- , demic, the nature, of which is not yet known, recently broke rout there, and three_ deaths resulted. , ; It is alleged that a'Maori nian has been treating patients;' and that their deaths raised doubts'asto his "powers" being genuine, with the result that yesterday things were very .lively at the' pa, and several fights, with the tohunga .'as one of the principals, took place, but" in most cases he came off second best Constable Armour and Dr. Simmons, of Patea, are now investigating'the'mat-' ter. '. , ~'■."■/.'

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2213, 28 July 1914, Page 7

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TOHUNGA IN TROUBLE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2213, 28 July 1914, Page 7

TOHUNGA IN TROUBLE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2213, 28 July 1914, Page 7