REPORTED RISING AMONG MAORIS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3605, 20 April 1886, Page 3

REPORTED RISING AMONG MAORIS.

. , - „-M ■,-,■; »,-■■ ;, 1,.'-:'. *-.-; A TAH FIR^D A2TD FOtm^MAQRIS BTJBNED TO, DEATH.', ..";,,

: ; (Bi TBf.EOKAyH.) ■„. , t Bqppxta lia^e cbnjft',i?own, from, Waiapu of a most ,TionJble\f^air.. having) ocenrred. at Waiiparo'. ; Some 'Hi .month* ' , ago; . the Waiaparo block, was adjudicated, upon by the Land Court, ajid-the chief ffiutp , Nihaniho) was declared to, have no interest m it, , Tutu objected .most strongly, to i the decision,, and applied t ipr ', » re-ijearinj^,,w'luch . is. .just about ' to taie,'. pjace. !; , . He , qlgo ,. at once erectedV ; a- pah 'maijy,.;whares, m wjiicti iOX»,nat)V^ jiave Beep hvPß*. : . Ihis was, asserting .an. ownership J#,. the, land by forcible possession. .'.Ai*. .intensely; strong feeling, has existed. beiweenjTuta^ .people and tho^oca^ nfttjvep, bj the, court to' be. t^torcnersfjof ( thie land, and : on several occasions,, $ier.e;,,lia,ve neW, actual; conflicts. On ' Wednesday. pf-pLtursday, night last the ■whole .pah U >aporte<i'tO(na,Vja -^een burned down, and..f.pW, jgersons,'f%ee' men and one ■wdmon.are said to navQ.ibeen burnt to death m their whares ; the others escaping. It is believed the hostile natives fired the pah m the .darknes^. -•■ .M9,,pMt£oulars are yet to hand. ■• One of ,ihef Maoris burnt is wellknown/. in.. ; Gwbprne .a,s "Tommy Poor Fellow" (Rupen'e.'Te- Ana), It. is probable that,,the .inbidenij ',. may, lead. to fighting between parties of the qpppsingnativ.es and that European armed insert jsnjiion will be neces'ji^^qc^'aafl. Major, Hbpata were to arrive aVWaiWftro tp-day/and they may be able jiot me'yenb any outbreak pending tho re-neanngraa. to ownership, of the block. The foregoing ja. based only on Maori reports.