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.'■••■'■' • Hawbra. June 23. * thenewivipread oi the Maoris ploughing Lmmgstpnejs landv .200 rolun/teers p*raded and decided if the; Ghovern--mentgaTe an unsatisfactory reply, to turn ithe'Maoris off, and send a telegram notify : ; ing the : Government of ; their; resolution. Mr. McLean, the. owner of , the land opposite. Livingstone's, elected to lead the party, who were to remoTe the Maoris at noon ; but when they saw the Maori* destroying Livingstone's lawn^. they could wait no longer, but yoked up their bullocks and carted all of to the Waimate > Plains. 200 Europeans were present. TheMaeris vSre ; Tery' Bulky, paying ;•/•. wait, you Keep -Thfytit threatened to, come back at once, saying tho 1« nd was theirs, and . they intended crop f The settlers. waited to see if they would j ; come back^ 'determined to turn them off »g«™.-- -. -•■: ; ■■■■■.■■• ;■ „.;,;. ; ; ; At a meeting it was determined Id; ask the_ to accept the servioes pi a hundred men' which Captain Finnerty . said he could raise; It was also deterihlned to. Bequest the Q-pvernmehfe.to finij work fpi' the settlersj others are buildfng iedo^fi>ll It Was aluo debided that^.any iuture aggressors should be put' off, and friendly Na- ' tives be warned to cpme m m a certain time if hostilities are iraniinwit. ' " . , Livingatbhe's hbusstwas'guarded last night 'by 30. Volunteers. . „ v.v '■ The. settlers have resolved to. protect each other to the utmost,- and- throw the, responsihUity. oa the Gtoverninent.. „ , % Naw PlymotppH' June 23. Three bullocks 6f Te Whiti's ploughmen wsure intpdundediat Oakuhi during the ab> sence of the .ploughmen ■",«&;^Pawhakai; Kf- \ mokanio one of the owriera, demanded their' isefewi^W.B«^df|*v w£w«a by; th*

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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 51, 25 June 1879, Page 3

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Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 51, 25 June 1879, Page 3

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