INTERPROVINCIAL.
I Ddnedin, Friday. j At an incjiiest on the body of an infant found dead in the possession of a drunken woman two or three days ago, evidence showed that the woman, whose name was Westou a/tas Smith, had overlain it whilst shewa9 intoxicated. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and she was committed for trial. A boy aged fourteen, who was a witness, stated that he could neither read nor write, was unaware of the existence of the Bible, and wa3 never taught a prayer. Saturday. Mr G. M. Bell has purchased the Waimea Station with s^ooo acres adjoining, for £50,000. New Plymouth, Saturday. The Urenui correspondent to the Tarahaki Herald writes :— " I hear that Te Whiti, through" his son (who visited his father in jail) has ordered all thd natives back to Parihaka. The natives who gave me this information cannot say when they are to go back, but it is evident that Te Whiti is in communication with his people outside."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 306, 24 December 1881, Page 2
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166INTERPROVINCIAL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 306, 24 December 1881, Page 2
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