PIGS ON THE PLAINS.
TO THE EDITOB OP THE STAB.
Sir, — This is my word, which I wish made public, with reference to Waimate. We have no wish to have trouble with those persons who have bought land. It is the wish of Te Wbiti to maintain peace between your race and our race, and I see no cause for trouble on Waimate. There may be trouble, if the cattle of the pakehas are not looked after, and break into our cultivations, or if people of your race, when our people are away at Parihaka, steal food irom our cultivations, or take our tame pigs from the vicinity of our dwellings. It is for you to see that these things are not done, to lead to trouble. If pigs are doing clamagfi to your lands, it is right that you destroy them, or you can buy the pigs and take them away. A great many have been sold for one shilling each to those who want to cart them away. On tbe 7th of January a great many of our people will be leaving to go to Parihaka; only the very old will be left behind. It is for you to prevent your people giving cause for annoyance and trouble, by cautioning Europeans to respect the property we leave behind us in our absence. Wiremu Kateke Tuwhakaruru.
Fob remainder of Reading Matter,
see Fourth Page.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 78, 8 January 1881, Page 3
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