Maori Stabbing Affray
AT WAITOTAUA
A strange., freakoosf s violent revenge is reported from the native village at Waitotara. A Maori named Poharama Taknrangi returned from Wanganui on Saturday night, after a drinking debauch,' and soon after midnight he seems to have stabbed a native named Whin and his wife, though the wounds were not serious. Ho ran away .into the bush, but on Sunday evening his whhre was seen to be burning—set on fire., probably ; by himself.,:; :Ho was caught on Monday by the Maoris, and Constable Grozier, has left Patea to take charge of the prisoner. Constable Burrows is off'duty at Waverley, suffering fiora the coach accident at Patea, and could not attend to the affair Waitotara.
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Patea Mail, 17 May 1882, Page 3
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119Maori Stabbing Affray Patea Mail, 17 May 1882, Page 3
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