AN OLD WARRIOR.
The old chief Ropata Ngaongoriata, who was a loyal and faithful servant of the Government for many year-*, holding the office of Native Assessor, was in tpwh on Monday. As might naturally be expected he has lost the vigour which characterised -him during the war, but the old chief’s countenance brightened with animation when he was reminded of the scenes and incidents of the war in which he took a prominent part. His loyalty, so firm in earlier years, must have wonderfully declined, as he is now of To NV bill's staunchest supporters, and seldom now enters European settlements. His visit to town was, we hear, a forced one in connection with some money difficulties, the result probably of a 100 liberal support of Tewbiti-ism. —Taranaki Herald, '
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1116, 23 November 1883, Page 3
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130AN OLD WARRIOR. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1116, 23 November 1883, Page 3
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