SCRIMMAGE WITH NATIVES.
DISTURBANCE AT RAIIOTU. fPer Press Association). . NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. The Taranaki .Herald's correspondent at Rahotu reports a serious disturbance there on Thursday evening. Constable O'Neill was "arresting a Maori named Billy Tewhiti. The latter resisted, and raised a war-cry, which brought about 70 Maoris to his rescue. O'Neill called on tbe whites for assistance, and for another hour a general fight was carried on between Maoris and half a dozen pakehas. .Tewhiti got away, and the fight subsided. O'Neill had his eyes blackened, and is badly bruised all over. A man named Edward Duggan had his thumb nearly bitten off. Private Willcox had his uniform nearly torn off his back.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14566, 30 March 1918, Page 6
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114SCRIMMAGE WITH NATIVES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14566, 30 March 1918, Page 6
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