OPOTIKI.
The two missing men kidnapped by the Hauhaus are still alive, and in the hands of their captors, who demand a ransom of £150 for each. This is a new phase in New Zealand warfare, or rather in what New Zealand warfare has now dwindled down to—the mere brigandage of a few. It is impossible, much as will be felt for the two unfortunate men, to accede to any such demand. To do so would be to open up a precedent which would be quickly followed by the repetition of the crime. It is scarcely likely, taking the nature of the country into consideration, that our men will he able to follow up the fanatics in such a manner as to effect the reoap-
tore of tlie two men, as -well no +n i ~ . abductors and we believe that thes that could be taken would be to emplov friendly Arawas for that purpose. at boftpStnf Tauranga 3 w7 rX^ Smarts OU * -*-3
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New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1123, 20 June 1867, Page 4
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163OPOTIKI. New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1123, 20 June 1867, Page 4
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