NEW ZEALAND.
(By Telegraph.)
A Murderous Superstition. AUCKLAND. Joey 21.
A Maori meeting at Kaiakohe considered the action of a tohunga named Wiroinu Poha for treating natives for witchcraft. It is alleged that 200 are being treated to expel devils, amongst them many children, the eystem adopted being pouring boiling water on the bare bodies of the patients, and applying hot mashed potatoes. In some instances the flesh peeled off. Fifty deaths are ottri* bated to this cause.
The Star's Bussell correspondent reports (bat h* made inquiry by wire re the Maori witchcraft case, and believes there is no ruth in the police report. Shot his Step-Father. WELLINGTON, Jury 21. The hearing of the charge of wilful murder against Louis Sanderson is proceeding at the Police Court. So far the evidence is similar to that at the inquest. The case is likely to last all day. Stormy Sunday. Captain Edwin predicts strong gales from the northward, with rain, over most parts of the country, between noon of the 23rd and midnight.
House-Breaking.
DUNEDIN, July 21.
At the City Court William MoPhea and Henry Holland were committed for trial for housebreaking.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 7267, 21 July 1893, Page 3
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