OHINEMURI—THE NATIVES RESORT TO FIREARMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4667, 28 October 1876, Page 5

OHINEMURI—THE NATIVES RESORT TO FIREARMS.

MACKtYTOWN, October 25. There was a bit of a breeze to-day at Tβ A waiti, about thu survey of the block of land lately purchased by Mr. Mackay. It seeics that the boundaries pointed out by Te Wikiriwhi on behalf of Mataia's people had encroached on the land owned by the Iv'gatihako. Yesterday a number of the aggrieved natives went with arms and stopped the surveyors, and threatened co shoot Mr. Mackay or anyone else who would dare to carry on the survey. Messrs. McCartie and Cashell reported the state of affairs to Mr. Mackay at once, and he went up to day to give the natives a chance of carrying out their threats. Things at one time looked very ugly, and the natives, who were fully armed, tired a volley over the heads of Mr. Mackay's party. Mr. Mackay, however, proceeded, find his intrepidity cause! the natives to abandon their original intention. However, some of them went in for a good deal of bounce, but Mr. Mackay shewed them that they were in the wrong, as Le was simply surveying ground according to the instructions of the owners of the adjacent biock. If they could prove that the boundaries pointed out were incorrect, he would have the matter rectified. Tukukino and others sided with Mr. Mackay, aud everything is satisfactorily settled.