INFATUATED MAORIS.
Hawera, July 2l! A visit was made to Kapuni at the new meeting house yesterday, where tho Maoris were all congregated after the arrests on Sunday. Some were sulky and ordered tha friendly Furopeana *ogohome. The natives from a distance talk of going home to-day, and have released nearly all their horses and cattle. Nothing more is said of ploughing. After hearing of Te Whiti's arrest one Maori made a" Rpeech and said, "Now that they have arrested Te Whiti, let them arrest the 'Sovernoc too, and both go home and be trifjd before the Queen." The proposal was generally approved of. The Maoris deny that Kereopa took any prominent pate in the row at'Hastie'fl. " Te Hiki, in his speeoh
immediately after the row, said that evea if the white men hit you with their sticks you are 2iot to resist. The Maoris rather boast about Kereopa not being taken, and say, "You wanted to take Kereopa ; but you were afraii." Referring to the row on Sunday, they say that if all the white men had used their sticks like one or two did there would have been serious trouble. Although the Maoris were sulky yesterday, food was given to some of the party. The last of the drays has been taken from Hastie's gate to-day.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5554, 23 July 1886, Page 2
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218INFATUATED MAORIS. Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5554, 23 July 1886, Page 2
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