DOMINION NEWS.
RUA AS KAISER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Jan. 2fl. The Maori prohpet Rua, who at various times has caused disturbances in the Urewera County, was sentenced at Whakatane to five,and nine months' imprisonment on charges of supplying liquor to natives. Run 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 the Natives a great time when the country was in the hands of the Germans, with the res.ilt that it was practically impossible to get Maoris within his influence to enlist.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1916, Page 2
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101DOMINION NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1916, Page 2
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