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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 2, 7 September 1880, Page 3

I Thb Wanoastji River— At a| meeting of the Wunganui Harbor Board on Thursday last, dring the consideration of ft motion by (he Chairman — That the Engineer be lequested to report on 'he practicability of a couiracc not to. 'exceed £25,000, for im. provenu nl w irks lit the Heudo, as indicated in the Engineer's report' of July, 1879— Mr Lunclon said he would like to sec the effect of the £30,000 spent inside the river before spending one shilling outsiclo They had that day 15ft on the bar, yet the Ran gatira was stuck inside. The 'flat* were no better than before the walls were put down. Ultimately the motion was carried. The Murderer HrnoKt. — A gentleman, who has just returned from Parihaka, states that he met Hiroki, the murderer of M'Lean, there. He came np in quite a friendly manner to the pakeha , and wanted to shake hands, but met with very scant courtesy. Hiroki stated that he had never been wounded, and that he was too smart for his pursuers. He allowed our informant to make a close examination, and the (gentleman alluded to is firmly convinced that Hiroki's statement is correct.— Hawera Star.

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