NATIVE DISTURBANCES.
Auckland, This duy
The natives yesterday stopped the _ contractors from erecting "the Piako railway bridge on the ground that the land tax for the railway was not paid for. After some parley the contractors Avere allowed to begin pile-driving in the bed of the river, no work to be done on nativo land till the Government arc communicated with. A native disturbance has occurred at AYaotu, and the survey party have suspended surveys through the threats of the natives till Mr Percy Smith, chief surveyor, is communicated Avith.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3849, 17 November 1883, Page 3
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