A Scrimmage with the Natives.
♦ (PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION). Auckland, March 8. The police expedition was met on the banks of the Waikato river to day by about 100 natives. After a lively scrimmage lasting a quarter of an hour, 19 Maoris were arrested, amongst them Kerei Kaihau and his wife. Some Of the constables were rather roughly handled. The women especially offrred a determined resistance to the police. Two horses were in readiness and the prisoners, under escort were taken to Mount Eden gaol.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 260, 10 March 1894, Page 2
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84A Scrimmage with the Natives. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 260, 10 March 1894, Page 2
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