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SETTLEMENT OF SOUTHERN NATIVE DIFFICULTY.

The Hon. J. Sheehan, accompanied by Taiaroa, proceed to the Upper Waitaki on Wednesday evening to settle the Native difficulty- there. They met three hundred Natives, who gave a hearty welcome, for which Mr. Sheehan thanked them. The discussion lasted over an hour, and the Natives urged many pleas in justification of the ocoupatiou of sections of land. Mr. Sheehan stated that the object of meeting thern was to tell them they must immediately retire back to the West Coast settlements. At first the Natives objected on the grounds that they had planted crops, but on Mr. Sheehan sayina that he would allow a few to remain to look after the crops, they agreed to comply.

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Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 50, 14 December 1878, Page 627

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SETTLEMENT OF SOUTHERN NATIVE DIFFICULTY. Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 50, 14 December 1878, Page 627

SETTLEMENT OF SOUTHERN NATIVE DIFFICULTY. Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 50, 14 December 1878, Page 627