Native News.
[Correspondent of Patea Mail."] The A.C. station at Parihaka has been broken up and the men removed. This appears a very foolish act on the part of the Native Minister, m short it is a childish effort to carry to extremes the retrenchment policy. A few men~ at Parihaka if only a dozen, would always have had a salutary effect. There is no telling $hen the Maoris may. not Ihegin, tli6ir bounce' and annoyance again. Should they it would mean a large' ex-' pense to send men to awe them into good behaviour. It is nothing but a strong temptation to. tho Maoris to makeanother stir to annoy the settlers. lam quite sure no good can come from the entire removal of the force, whereas. the , presonco of a few A.C.'s m the redoubt would have been a wholesome,: check.. Time will prove, and I only hope that the Maoris will have tho good sense to' 8("'e the 1 folly of making any display, but they are to a man just as imbued with the spirit of Te Wliiti as ever they WBro ' ": . ... . t, ' ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 87, 16 March 1885, Page 2
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186Native News. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 87, 16 March 1885, Page 2
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