A MAORI KILLED.
TtaE Auckland police have been informed rggWdinw the death of a Maori named Tanatf v Taatu, at Slipper Island, East) Coaßfc\jjhat the coroner's inquest ab Whareka«va, feirua, a verdict of "Accidentally killed' byVall>n£ over a cliff," was returned. On the 2Wid insb. the deceased Maori, in company vv\th another native, was fishing off Slipper Isii&nd, when the deceased went ashore to get sohge &»*• U« climbing up the cliff he missedX h*B *<?oting and fell over the precipice!o" jo fae rocks. a=:diatance of about bO^tee^Kpatdib', bis cdm-'v panion, ran/to his assistance, gob Taapi into the boat and pulled round tha islatod to Mr D,nffill, who lives on the Slipper. , MrDriffill launched his yachb and sailed across to the Ohui native settlement, bub owing to the surf could hot land. Next) day/he and the native succeeded in landing at Wharekawa, near Tairua. Taatu died the previous night in the boat. He never spoke nor regained consciousness. His head was badly .smashed and the bone of his right thigh was protruding through the skin.
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Auckland Star, Issue 210, 3 September 1894, Page 2
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174A MAORI KILLED. Auckland Star, Issue 210, 3 September 1894, Page 2
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