“KAISER" RUA.
FALSE MAORI PROPHET IN TROUBLE. SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT. EVIL INFLUENCE OVER NATIVES Pbb Press association. Auckland, January 29. The Maori Phophet, Rua, who at various times caused disturbances in the Urewera country, was sentenced at Whakatane to five and nine months’ imprisonment pn charges of supplying liquor to Natives. Rua did not appear to answer the charge, and instructions were issued for his arrest. It was stated that Rua had assumed the title of “Kaiser,” and promised tlie- Natives a great time when the country was in the hands of the Germans, with the result that it was practically impossible to get the Maoris
within his influence to enlist.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 46, 29 January 1916, Page 6
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111“KAISER" RUA. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 46, 29 January 1916, Page 6
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