TROUBLE AMONGST THE MAORIS.
(FBOM A CORRESPONDENT.) WELLINGTON, April 21. News Ins been received here tt\-day that «: trouble has occurred among the natives *♦ } Kaikohe, Bay of Islands, over the question ", of handing over to the Native Land Council various blocks of land.- A number of n«-, tives of the Ngapuhi tribe object, apd'-J violence is said to have been threatened. The Native Minister will proceed and en- *'" deavour to settle the trouble. * - -. A number of natives contend that-th* '-;, Council. should be entrusted with the ad- , ; ministration of the land for the benefit of ..'; the whole tribe. Those opposed threaten ',-'' violence if the land is vested in the Council, _<;> even to the use*of firearm*.' The Native Minister happens to be on the way to > Auckland, and will go on to the seen* of -->■ trie trouble. The disaffected natives belong- ■£ to the Ngapuhi tribe. * V* . ; ; ___ ffi
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Press, Issue 11564, 22 April 1903, Page 8
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