THE TUHUA TRAGEDY.
Wajiganui.; Further particulars of the tragedy ; ia.t,:<Tuhuai,,ajqe..to,,Jiand. i; Moffat add Henare travelled together without interruption until ihey arrived on Sunday last at the Native village of Matabuhura, which is within a ! few miles of Taumarumui. Tautnarumui is situa ted at a spot'"where'' *he northern branch of the Wanganui river points to the parent stream.' From tlie Natives, at Matabuhunaj Moffat-and hisT .companion received- na. welcome from the Maoris, who appeared sullen, and told' the travellers that- they had no there, and that the road was tabooed to white-men/ 'The *ame : night the Natives sent a messenger to TanmaiS uni to inform the inhabitants of the ■ Pah, ofithen arrival); of Moffat;- and Henare, Obief of Tanmarunui, at once held a meeting," at which it was decided that Moffat should be shot; and .they sent out an ar r med party ,of. seven "men" under the ' leaderships ' 6f Ngati, Mamaku* , : tiephew, to carry the sentence out. The murderers form'ed-'ah ambuscade? in a-fer'nby the side of the. Maori ..track, along which Moffatt and would have tb< pass. On Monday the travellers resumed their journey, and when they, came'within about ten yards of the spot were/the: party was the Mabrie.s rose up, and. one fired at Moffatt, and wounded him, be. .staggered.forward, drying out " kati f kati " (stop stop), when a second shot was fired, and~ he fell in the track" a dead man; then his j companion, Henare, called on the party to shoot him also, but they would' not do it, as they knew hiin well as a Wanganui Native. Henare Baw Mr Kemp at Parikino, and he told him to hasten down to Wanganui arid inform the authorities, and this he did .without loss of time, i -! / --■.;
.-'•-; :.;i: : :::■ MARKETS. , , . Prime beef, £1 5a per lOOlbs ; mutton, ifd per lb ; good sample milled wheat, 4s 5d to 4s Bd;j fowls wheat/ 2s 6d to 3s ; feed oats, Is 5d.; milling, Is 7d; malt barley, 2s 9d to Js 3d ; Jeed_Js 6.d„.t0 2s 6d j potatoes, £2 ; grass hay, £2 l'l; oaten hay, £3 ; medium wheat, 3s 9d to 4s ; straw, £2 ; bran, £3 10s ; pollard, £4 ; flour, £lO 10s to £ll ; oatmeal, £9 ,10s ; -pearl cheese, 4d; bacon (rolled) 8d ; hams, 9d; sides bacon, 7id to 8d : (grain feed) chaff, £2 15s. ..... ..... .
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 581, 18 November 1880, Page 3
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383THE TUHUA TRAGEDY. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 581, 18 November 1880, Page 3
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