THE TROUBLE AT KAWHIA.
[per press association,] WELLINGTON,;B<?pt 27. ' The Government have received information respecting the destruction of the beacons at Kawhia by the Natives, Mr Butler, of .the Native Office, who was sent to make enquiries, found that the beacons placed by Captain Fairchild recently were removed, and so much broken that it would take some considerable tinie to repair and ro-erccl them. Oho of the two chiefs who wore concerned in the destruction of the beacons had gone to Whaliwhatihoo with Tawhiao ; the other was still at Kawhia, and when Mr Butler called on him to’ assist at once in repairing and recreating the beacons, ho answered that ho could not do so without instructions from Tawhiao. Those two chiefs arc the safne as wore concerned in pulling up the pegs along the road from Kawhia around to Aotea Harbour. It is believed that in both instances the chiefs acted at the instance of Tawhiao and some of his advisers belonging to the Waikato tribe. The beacons have not yet boon rc-oreclcd.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1092, 28 September 1883, Page 2
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174THE TROUBLE AT KAWHIA. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1092, 28 September 1883, Page 2
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