TROUBLESOME MAORIS.
MOKE TROUBLE ON TBABU, WARNING BY MAGISTRATE CBy Telegraph.—Own Correspondent) WHANGAREI, this diji ; Disturbances on the northern, triim caused by Maori returned soldiers are alarming the railway Anotfe J such occurrence happened on Satnrfw when a Maori attempted generally to take charge of the train from Ruatanptj northwards. Before Mr. F. H. Levies, S.M., in the Whangarei Court to-day, H^' nare Taniora, a returned soldier, a fint offender, was charged on four counts ■with having been drunk on the railwaj station at Hikurangi, using obscene linguage, assaulting Alexander McKmlty, a railway cadet, by throwing a ladder it him, and also damaging railway property. The evidence showed that aceusd' boarded a train while he was under th« influence of drink, and seemed to go nui Guard Foley had an anxious time tni accused was deposited at Hikunngj, after which Taniora tried to run amok. The magistrate, in prohibiting aceuaei, and imposing fines totalling £8 10/, tjiA: any further trouble on trains caused bj, natives would involve imprisonment without the option of a fine.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 183, 4 August 1919, Page 6
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174TROUBLESOME MAORIS. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 183, 4 August 1919, Page 6
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