A MAORI DEBAUCH.
RIDING A HORSE TO DEATH.
A- MAGISTRATE'S WARNING.
[BY TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Cambridge, Tuesday. A native named Tu Whakaea pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to-day to charges of having ridden a horse to death, having left the animal unburied on the roadway, and having been intoxicated. He was convicted and fined £2, and costs £4,75. ' , ~ . ; :". . Constable McNamara said that a large section of the Mauugatautari tribe, to which the' defendant belonged, had been demoralised by the Kingito natives, who were responsible for a greatly increased consumption of liquor. Prohibition orders, were issued against Tu Whaknea, Te Ori Ori, and Te Wherewhero, the magistrate remarking, that any scoundrels supplying liquor to: prohibited natives would be severely dealt with if they were brought before him. ■• ■ •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14302, 23 February 1910, Page 7
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126A MAORI DEBAUCH. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14302, 23 February 1910, Page 7
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