NATIVE AFFAIRS.
[By Tbibobaph/] [YBOM ora OWN COBEBSPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, March 24. A telegram has been received ky the Government from the Waimate Plains, stating that the Maoris had seized some horses belonging to one of the contractors for road work, and had refused to give it up except on payment of £2. The affair possesses no significance, being merely one of the minor annoyance* which are to be expected under the circumstances, which the Europeans en the Plains now find themselves placed in. It is, in fact, simply a “try on ” on the part of the enterprising Natives to extort a not very exorbitant sum of money, and will not present a difficulty in dealing with it. As to the general aspect of Native affairs, there is very little fresh to report. Everything that has come to hand goes to prove, however, that whatever project the Maoris may have for the stoppage of road-making (if they do entertain any such idea) they have no intention of resorting to physical force. Still, as I have previously pointed out, things are in a state of considerable uncertainty, and it is impossible to predict definitely what a day may bring forth.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1899, 25 March 1880, Page 2
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198NATIVE AFFAIRS. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1899, 25 March 1880, Page 2
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