Native Obstruction.
SURVEY OF THAMES-TEAROHA : : ./ RAILWAY S^PPEP. . .
' (Evening Star's Cprrespondsnt.) ; i PIKBOA, lilarcH 13. ' iTesCerdayi tv.whjßn ■.. Mr ..-Witherby,* who is conducting the survey of thp line for the Thatiiee-Toi-Arohar -Railway,': reached the Puketianga block, four miles --Bpnth- of Paeroa^he wa« stopped by r ,a party of Ngaiihakoe natives, wljorafusßd .to. allpw ! him to ■ pjodeed sny ifurtlierstating as the reason for their interfi.Tr; ence that lie 'wrta^tresp'assiug'on " tapu " gfoundj Mr Whitherby has.susßended operatidhs, and has .communicated with ■Mr (J. A. Wilkinson, Native Agentiwho is expected here today. The same natives fired on Mr Bayldon's survey, partyj isenously woundiiig-'a-inaD nain'eo; McWillianiSjj spine-years ago. ; . ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1660, 17 March 1886, Page 4
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101Native Obstruction. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1660, 17 March 1886, Page 4
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