GISBORNE.
1 "" Tuesday^ A\ disturbance, unequalled m Gisr-i. borne for ifs lawless character, occur reck rtto^ay/ The aggressors were, a- party *a£ laborers em ployed: by Mr ■ Lawrence,., the business manager of the late. Captain Eeidi TSjhe dispute was in.con-.. 'section with the., ownership of' houses* and atowu section, sold, by Paora KatF to Mrs Kate WyUip. The cage came. Jbefore tjyj Court recently, when Captain, Reidjs agent faileditoshaw, any title to. the.' knd. T^o-day, however, they eri-_ tp a destroy, the Houses. bj> .bringing, a, largo party of men withi ijcrew^gacts, axes, picks, andshovels to* le vpl 4 the houses cto.th^grdu.nd,. With-, but a,momeot^ warnipg: the chimney^ was^pulled, 4pwb, apd* tlie inmates Jmd t ta> seek- r^f|^e m the streets. The. street is^nps^s^ewn wj,t]i;furn|ture, and^. a mass.- of dehvis fills. the rooqas. TJienjitiy.es game to the rescue of; their re-_ lative, Kate Wjlllc, \^ho ha? purchased; the property, f^-oui,, ttie chigf Paora Kati. ■Over "'a,, hundred people were, present; and*, at o^e . time - bloodshed^ s<jeraecl,immin|nt. Toi mglit the'-naliyes^ rail camp on thalandito prevent aijitotljg^. simjlar attackj.. :
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 41, 2 March 1878, Page 2
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177GISBORNE. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 41, 2 March 1878, Page 2
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