WANGANUI LETTER.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7528, 18 April 1890, Page 2

WANGANUI LETTER.

[t-toic ova conaEspoN__!*T,] The celebrated Maori eviction <mh\ occupied the court for over a week. as". gSWfft-f •™*"**.«** The case had aa especial interest to oil setUere, owing to its association, withfha now hiatoricaf Nukumaru native s*.-. a block of land cot-shtlng of _boa.l.H acres, .upon which same stirring 6 yx_'--have,occurred during the lasts a century. In the begihnftis of __nu»_y, If;;:;, « the battlefield between OencH Cameron's forces and th. native?, fo .whlph a good mmy soldier, im silled.' ..The Maoris were _.„.« tv Impression that the eol-len. buli-U would not penetrate fchara* th©*? *_?„■ impressed with this delusion owing to *~ incident that happened upon th. «-«.. r_ the greas battle. An Qut-pick-t wiw belli*; Sosted by tbe A_j„tft_it-<_oa«,-»l,Caiil.l:! ohnston, who was -hot while doing ?_ tbe picket returned the fire of the e_L_t_rj and one old Maori was hit fair on tho fcrj head, and as tho Maori goaet_\ly _ih j very sloping forehead, tha bullet plsnc>! off, and the old fellow was exblbit«d n the Maori garrison, of tho Whinrus n _J a living ©sample that tb_y need net." it•• the _oldier_' ballets on the ibm..*. and this notion received © farther: *r. v J the next morning. As they were ._.-__:% 'approaching the General s camp &t&S the dense scrub, they came upon au c_lying picket of the 50th rogltn.-t c_sisting of nine men eight of whlc. -sasleep, the ninth man was atas-taj c; resting his head upon hi** gun ass. t*.t likely mora than half asleep, too. Soever, they were all quietly put to rj, -:p!■.-. ever with the long-handled tomdm'i without a shot-being Ured.

*.-. This accident impressed the natlvH ».i* j the god of battles had given tl. «*f_7 i IntOtheirhand,and they marched kMMa* the camp, the women bringing &____*. with them to carry off the camp t_}i_{_s> and were alc_o.t fa the c_rap Mm ®fl 'were noticed, so close were they ___ ti» tents had to be struck to permit t_o_>_.? to manoeuvre, but their minis .ws* ssea disabused about the penetrant! pff both of the bullets and the b_v._e_>, m instead of taking the camp i__l«fp many of them remained wife ti»i» The others, afte_ giving the mm® pretty rough two hours, w.nra.W'-*. stronghold where tho General «?»««* it prudent not to follow them. In 1868 General Tltokow_rtM'F im ; felon of N_kum_ra and bui to *»£ Taurangaifca Pa, where he ettisw& mm , months threatenlag the toirn a* wW»»« with fire, and sword; and b&dli _\,fh for a handful of Imperial troops Bttf«*tM« here, I fully believe that h® «^ A !|S carried out hia intention., 16 was- <<»-j •Tito Was' cogitating whether to *&** Wanganui ornot tfiat the-BWfja*« boy were killed tit the opptHuft «_«<«*<* block. j And now we have a real *&s&£& Ireland,,- I am beghuiliij. 6. tWakj»f» Maorils-slightly akin to tto»jf, 'only difference wm that tbe e*teß c«» •took things quietly'and did not W\s* • opponents with roasted potet<»% «fJ|-?.7 ! : that the trouble atone ou% ol «*«*&? of the block between two teptti «r www-*. !■ by the Native Land Court, to wtefl ff i had applied for an ardieaHe **W™£ I The one family consisted-tty-!*--^?; headed by Tautahi, (who, by tie **»£« | Wind), th® other hapu consist. o*J«*£3 i persons, of whom Mufwra umn&mf/" head, and up to this time __c f» ff f%£ have lived amicably in oa« t«te|M* sited! Titokowa.u'9 m) _*_ whole of. th-Ir cultivation ft«tt W* f g 'gether. .After a prottAoUtdJm>m*T Oo_.t gave 800 acres to tbe »&Mr| «gS |and M the a balance to the Jfg family, .and-.as Ta__ah-_ M*jß.l;L about four times as namcrgus_s^;|J lhapa, they wo dissatisfied._»{ f®,fi retuiii of tho natives to the *^*f£§l by the way was included jo ,f ® «f i awarded to -Taatabij th* &Ml4m%^ court was reviewed. As»p|rtJ 5 >-- jf 'waters from th® hotel to*****,Satongues as well m their teropeM.. f *££. loutconsiderlngthethree «» a K?ls -by.law for re-hearings or appeals *»«- > a Chief Judge's anient* %>^flS. argued, if this is oar P^**ftiS» .you fellows are off the k«or. W **« w . your land, a«d ealtliw; the «£&, the advice, began PBaf.»!S of the other family aad pa-tlo£sf Jkf and-chattels out on the road, M» fe*-, down the fences aroixod tie g,^. patches to allow the plj<- •»* %j io 7'destroy their <*_P* M * t, __tfiA. 61 retaliation one 0* the i*^ mob armed btoelf with • to -tU barrelled «_n aud th*.atee«i to » % anyone that resisted; .hTO** evfctedoneitook. things calmif gg' suited their solie'tor■_*»*! had^WJJ^-d ponents before the 8.M.. f> a «. Says' hearing tho Hetemkn TW"J |ir tion have ortered that & Io tff?*. hapu shall: return co their wjawjf^fi) as fhey (tfahdra'a hapu).uadWjo *&«& threaten them wit- witchcraft »►*«*■ ftd The. also klvo £20 a-i compenartt** y^ Snall __W.__lc*», b*-no***^ arrangement -is *» P», »f t f /JSJ gt^ proccSiiug in the K'"^ f__« Andtothie'-fahoti_«««* *S p . reigns once more at NuK_tsai?t_