RECENT MAORI RIOT
NUMBER OF NATIVES CHARGED. Prea« Ainodatlon. NEW PLYMOUTH, April 24. la the Folic© Court this .morning, bofore Mr Crooke, S.M., the sequel to the recent Maori riot at Rahotu -was heard, "when about a score of Maoris were "charged -frith various offences. Billy Te-Whiti, son of tho Parihaka. "prophet," was committed for'trial on charges of indecency and assault. Eighteen others, for participating in the riot, were also committed for trial. A constable attributed the trouble mainly to his efforts to enforce military registration among the Maoris.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9954, 25 April 1918, Page 7
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