CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Editor of the Wananga. Give a place in Te Wananga for the following:This is a n o ce i t so that all may know it. Gold has been found by an European. It was found in the Porangahau district. tae ?° ld ) T as like tbe in size. He V° • ° a a & 01 sronfc s. which we-e whit<? which ne said was quartz. That European said it was fouS twenty miles from Porangahau. That European said that Se has rorvejed a piece or land for himself, 100 feet long bi 100 feet broad- _ When the Maoris said to him that he most show the Place wnere the gold was found, he answered that he would n®t show it. The Maori said it was good, we did thmk you would snow : t 90 that we the two piople f Maori and European) might nave property in it. The European ran (or went) away with his money (gold). If that Eurobean comes, do not give him the Government reward. That man has a red head, is six feet high, and his name is Teene ? (Mr Tierney, or Kane). If you see that he really has gold keeD it, and take care of it in your possession. That European went on to our land without authority. He also took our spade, ..ish. and an American axe, and some of our food and then he ran awav into the forest, where he could die secretin on our land. If that European comes with his cold, if it 'a really gold, take charge of him, so that we mav~ hear whe-e he has obtained the —Enough from Porangahau, March 27. 1577. Tipe>- Z Matua.
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Wananga, Volume 4, Issue 17, 28 April 1877, Page 165
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282CORRESPONDENCE. Wananga, Volume 4, Issue 17, 28 April 1877, Page 165
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