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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9322, 27 March 1889, Page 6

ATI VE TROUBLES AGAIN ! TE KOOTI GETS HIS WAY ! Those residents of Gisborne and neighbourhood who remember the Poverty Bay massacre, or who lost relatives or friends in the Te Kooti troubles, have very little cause to love that gentleman, and necessarily look with a good deal of apprehension to another visit from him. During the late attempted march to Gisborne, considerable speculation was indulged in as t ; o what the outcome of his visit would be ; a great many venturing the opinion that Te Kooti's potato would be cooked long before he approached the scene of his earlier villanies. The determined opposition of the Hauhaus, however, and the force of public opinion, obliged the Government—who as a rule having nothing particular to do, contrive to do ib very well—to arrest his progress in the neighbourhood of Opotiki, and, after the usual farcical ceremonies, he was permitted to return to the Waikato, his soul filled with bitterness and the recollection of the most glorious drunk a coloured chief ever enjoyed. Once back in the Waikato, it was hoped that the lesson taught him would have induced him to remain where the Gisborne settlers were perfectly willing to leave him unmolested. Moved, however, by a desire to renew his peregrinations, or the seductive attractions of another big drunk, it is rumoured that he has again set out on the warpath, and would in all probability have turned himself loose on the residents of Poverty Bay, but for the vigi- i lance of the Native Minister (Hon. E. Mitchelson), who is at present in town. Finding that Te Kooti needed watching, my informant, usually inspired in official quarters, says that the Minister ought to, or really did, recommend him a Waterbury, the very best watch in the world, and that at the present moment he is engaged in fathoming the length of its mainspring instead of issuing prophetic warnings to his followers, and predicting all manner of troubles to the native races not in harmony with his views. How far this is correct I am not in a position to say ; but certain it is that the Te Kooti troubles may be considered squashed, once and for all.