THE MAORI FUGITIVE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1829, 9 August 1906, Page 3

THE MAORI FUGITIVE.

PROVISIONS FOR SIX MONTHS,

(Special to Times.)

August -1

Our wary old frind, Haro Matenga, made afiao haul a wnk ago to-day from a parly of bu.-hmen working on Mr Willis’ Owa’te property—Tb) worth cf tucker, nearly threo months’ food for threo men—that is to say, bo has secured six months’ provisoes at iho very least, and if in any way Economical priltv will enough to beo him through until tho nrxt bu-hfelling sias.n, He a'ao in alo another addition to his defonc-o dspartme.it—a pea riffs, A few days before tho aforementioned rob-

bery, Mr W, O’Regin’s bushmen were also his victims, Matenga did not scoro much there, but ovrry little helps. It is po3sib.'o that very litt-'c will bo heard of him now for some time, owieg to being so well provisioned, and that ha will carefully stow himself away with the exception of an oecns’nnai ramble - the native's natural inclination

D.teetivo Brcborg end Oonstab’o MeAl-li-tsr (Napier) arrive 1 from Tokomaru ou Monday, but perhaps a day too late, for it stands to reason that Matsnga would not be able to shift his cargo very far through the bush in ono day, but that he planted it with the intention of rnak ng a few trips, and from the information already in ha id rcgirdirig hismrdeof travailing through tho bush it might bav-j bc-on possible to track him uni probably strike his plant. However, the affair G ; n good bai-dr, QQd it is sa’c to say that- I).motive Brofcorg is

the right man in tho . ight placo, The capture of this man is a necessity, and tho department should givo Doteolivo Broberg a freo hand and spare no expenso. Nut only is Matonga a menace to the progress of settiers, in t what man would like So oome homo rd night after a hard day’s work, have to go hungry to bid, and bavo to walk three r r four miles across rough country tuxt mornirg ro got a bite to eat V It senas permeation.