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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 747, 27 December 1869, Page 2

Tauroa.—The Wanganui Evening Herald savs that " when Tauroa was senteuced to hard labor he suffered lrom the pangs a bigh-ca?te Brahmin would feel if told that he would be required to eat daily a certain amount of fat. Tauroa feels that his dignity and Rangatiraslup would depart if be had to work like his people, and he accordingly represented his case to the Government. His plaint was attentively listened to and his request granted, and he is now ganger and overseer, in which capacity lie is zealous and indefatigable in seeing that every man does his portion of labor pro* perly. He saves the prison authorities a great amount of trouble, as they have only to make their wish *s known to the chief and they are itnmediately complied wit 1. We have here-the strange spectacle of a Aiaori chief and his hapu doing hard labor and preserving at the same time their rank and authority. Tauroa probably feels himself a much greater chief than when he was with his fullowe sat Patea ; for at present his sole will, exercised under restraint, is like the laws of the Modes and Persians to hie people.