CUT DOWN KAURIS.
Fifteen Maoris Convicted at Morrinsville. (Special to the “ Star.”) MORRINSVILLE, October 28 Fifteen Maoris living in the Hoe-o-Tainui Valley, near Tahuna, were prosecuted in the Magistrate’s Court by the Lands Department for removing timber from a Crown block in the Mangawara \ alley. The trees cut down included five large kauris, the largest of which was said to have contained enough timber to build two houses. The trees had been split up to make posts and battens, which were sold to farmers. Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., convicted all the defendants and ordered them each to pay the costs of the prosecution. “ These prosecutions are not brought with the idea of punishing the natives or of imposing a heavy penalty,” said tthe Magistrate.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 256, 28 October 1931, Page 5
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