MAORI FINED
OBSCENE LANGUAGE USED
TANEATUA FARMER'S
EXPERIENCE
On the evening of the 3rd instant just after (J p.m. a Taneatua farmer who was passing along the street of Taneatua on his way to the factory tvith the milk was hailed by a Mao>ri who had evidently taken too much out of the bottle or barrel and for no reason used some very strong language to the farmer. However one Tako Tihi a young Maori of Ruatoki appeared before Messrs Moody and Hayward, Justices, at Taneatua on the 10th instant charged with using obscene language, the constable explaining the circumstances and the Justices fined tlio offender £5.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 3, 14 January 1942, Page 5
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107MAORI FINED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 3, 14 January 1942, Page 5
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