Ohinemuri.
A correspondent writes to us concerning the destruction of the house of Mr Cribb
by Maories a| He states . that some few Greeks ago he was himself on Mr Mitchell's ground, and. that the Natives were then offering Cribb his choice of English or Maori law, intimating pretty plainly what he might expect if he had recourse to the latter. They acted up to their'promises on Tuesday last, when a party of men and women musterei-at Cribb's cottage, which was partly built, and commenced to pull it down, the women leading the, way in .-,- carrying the timber to the river into which it was proposed to be thrown, but ■■■ it did not come to that; Three or four carpenters tried to stop them, but found it no go, for as -fast as they took the timber from one Native, three or four others took some from a different place. Mitchell was on the ground in a great state, of trouble. It appears that Mr Cribb made arrangments with some Natives to have the land on lease for £20. Mitchell offered £25 and then Cribb rose to £30 and got a receipt and other papers signed by some Natives. Cribb left for Shortland.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2067, 19 August 1875, Page 2
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203Ohinemuri. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2067, 19 August 1875, Page 2
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