THE PARIHAKA DIFFICULTY.
[BY TELEGKAriI.— OWX CORKESrOSIJENT.J llawkra, Friday. Relative to Titokowaru's threat on Wednesday, an explanation is given by a reliable settler. . Titokowaru was ploughing with a team and two of his men, near Manaia, a piece of land belonging to an old native. The latter stood treat with about a doien bottles of stiff'rum, which considerably upset the party, including a few Maori women. Towards evening the old warrior visited the town, still elevated. He was chaffed considerably by some of the young volunteers, who are proud of their guns as children are of toys. Titokowaru returned the chaff, by saying, " Oh, you see, next week all the women and all the children will have their throats cut. You will either run away or be killed, and the houses burned." These particulars agree in the main witli what I sent yesterday. My informant deprecates any necessity for alarm, and blames the young men for exasperating old natives, especially rangatiras. An extra policeman or two at Manaia would do no harm. One constable acts there now.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6213, 15 October 1881, Page 5
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177THE PARIHAKA DIFFICULTY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6213, 15 October 1881, Page 5
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