OHINEMURI: TE HIRA'S PROCEEDINGS. Ohinemuri. March 9.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4236, 13 March 1871, Page 2

OHINEMURI: TE HIRA'S PROCEEDINGS. Ohinemuri. March 9.

As the mail-boy was returning with the Southern mails iv the afternoon, and had just descended the hill from the hush, and was in the act of crossing a creek which is covered with 'scrub, a native seized hold of the reins of his horse, and another in no time had him off the saddle, and, pointing two iron spears at him, demanded his mail. Not getting it, they stripped the poor fellow of his clothes, and then could not find it, which made them very angry and irritable. They then led the poor fellow prisoner to their settlement, a distance of four miles, when, having consulted Te Hira, he was released, and the clothes returned. The mailman, Makaho, i"3 a fine strapping follow, and snmp. what shrewd, which caused him to cut open the lining of his saddle, and there conceal the mail, which has fortunately been saved, 12 o'clock.— Since writing the above, tho mailman has just armed, bringing back thia morning's mail, Te Hira in person having driven him back, Natives are in force all along the line in parties. In case the mailman should force his way through one party he will be caught by another. Te Hira stripped himself, and in a most agitated and threatening manner, with an iron spear in his hand, attempted to stab the horse, but was unsuccessful. — Thames Advertiser. We hear that Te Hira in his vigilance haa not limited himself to stopping the mail, but has also stopped the collection of the census. The Thames census district, we may men* tion, is bounded on the south by a line running over the top of Te Aroha, and ending at Katikati. The policeman who has had the collection of the census in the southern part of the district, and on the East Coast from Katikati to Mercury Bay, went up to Ohinemuri the other day for the purpose of proceeding across the East Coast. Te Hira, however, was on the watch, and peremptorily stopped him. The bag containing the census papers was supposed to be a mail —at all events it was of a suspicious and official - looking character, and such treasonable - looking documents could not be allowed to be circulated in the King's country. The constable meanwhile remains at Ohinemuri, under the surveillance of To Hira and Mere Kuiu, who have impounded the census papers, and are holding runangas to investigate their contents. We presume the constable will have to como down the river again, and go over by Hikutaia. — Evening Mail.