ONE OF THE MAORI PLOUGHMEN SENT TO GAOL. Patea, This Day, 9 a.m.
One of tbe native ploughmen at Hawera was given in charge yesterday for stealing a pair of trousers and a vest from a storekeeper. He was sent here by coach and tried this morning at the Resident Magistrate's Court. The prisoner admitted the theft, and said he had no reason for stealing the things, but that he was a thief. He did not attempt to leave tho store, but waited till the police arrested him. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the Wanganui gaol. He was tried at 8 a.m., in order that he might bo sent away by the early coach. It is believed that there is some political significance in tho theft, to try our power with the natives. The rumor tbat the Maoris are ploughing at Mokoia is nntrue, as no natives have been near there yet.
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Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 548, 28 June 1879, Page 2
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155ONE OF THE MAORI PLOUGHMEN SENT TO GAOL. Patea, This Day, 9 a.m. Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 548, 28 June 1879, Page 2
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