A Maori on the Attempt to Assassinate the Princr. — Tho Southern Cross has roceived a letter, of which Iho following is a translation, from William te Whooro, the woll-known Waikato chief: — "Friends, — Tho news has corau to 113 about tho attempt to assassinate tho Duke of Edinburgh. Our minds are very grieved on account of this great calamity which hii3 befallen the descendant of chiefa who was coming in his greatness to see this land, inhabited by his people. We, tho chiefs of Waikato who aro living under tho laws of his mother, Queen Victoria, had been looking forward to the arrival of this young chief, to greet him as a Btr&nger with songs of welcome, and to show him the customs of tho native people of this country. Bui ho has been held back from us by this evil which has befallen his innocent person. Alas! the descendants of the great, to what dangers are you oxposed ! O Bon, rest you there quietly under this affliction. We your friends are anxious on account of this evil deed which has befallen you in the days when in your influence you were visiting your tribes in these islands. There could be no murder equal to this, which is the moat atrooiouß that ever
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2607, 21 April 1868, Page 4
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212Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Wellington Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2607, 21 April 1868, Page 4
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