A Maori Detective.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 30, 3 July 1885, Page 2

A Maori Detective.

. .While on the Maori topic let me r«. late" a- story: which. I have been made ac- ' quainjed with, and which tends to. show the ingenuity of a Maori. ' "While ' the Maoris^ere b.ere m January last,, a cer« tain chief'had a and chain 'Stolen from him, and which b.glonge.(| ts a b,r.p I thjj; at^that time m the Chatham Islands, m due course the. brother was, made award of his loss, but be v pretended #>' giy© ?fhß matter rio : serious consideration. , ydid not even seek : police interference^ preferring to rely on his i own ingenuity, for the recovery of his property. r i"he plan he adopted was simple m the extreme^ and merely consisted m asking eyery Maori and pakeha he met, who exhibited a watch chain, the hour of the day, feigroing short-sightedness; He was always allowed to handle the watch, and I see the time for himself, which was all he required, for by a cortainmark on dial case" he could at oh'ce ' idtent^ hji| watch; \ e He has assiduously followed ou(6 this plan since the day he' was informed of ;the robbery, till at last his efiforfg have) been rewarded. La_alL.week the missing watch was . discovered, in;<;the possession of a pdkeha, who m turn had it, sold io him by a local boniface» who purchased it from the thief (a Maori, I; beh'eve) tor a pound, knowing af rt^je time it tgaQ stdlett' p'Jr^i ■ : ■ perty. lt ; is very probable \?e shall heal further abo^t this^ matter. , ; .' " ■