The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9,1869.
■ ■■ ' ■ \ ' Intelligence was received yesterday from Mr. Broad to the effect that he h;ad£' - in, .accordance with . his instructions, Vttempted to proceed with|the^ survey on !! ' Monday last, but that, upon the first of the surveying staff crossing the creek, he was c j pushed back by{a: rnaift; na~jtf^d' r N/oble, one of tneiriugleaders of^tKe malcontents 1 . Mr. Broad then ordered the police to arrest Noble, but upon their attempting to do so they were sb'rroundeqjjby the thirteen men {( of whom the committee that acts on behalf of those iv possession of the land is .qompoged, tjiejnaijp. body„,s|,a|iding injeomiJ^Mpi^e^i; jitllel in t^e'Vear. It being plainly intimated to the constables; that. 1 litfarey would not' be permilteditoTarrest anyof the party, and the numbers arrayed 1 against them' being so far superior -to) their' own, they were compelled to retreat 'wijthrn out having attained their object, and -one/ 'dXCtbe'm sw&s^;im.medjiaXel# despatched to town with a report of what -had taken 'place? The ''Superintend pla.ced.. i hijnsejf ip- cpmm^nie^ion^with/the G eneraV] Government on the sw»ject, and hia further steps willVe^Ufcen'-nnfcil a reply has been-' .received frqm-Welling,ton. .,-
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 288, 9 December 1869, Page 2
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188The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9,1869. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 288, 9 December 1869, Page 2
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