MURDER OF A NATIVE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1905, 18 June 1889, Page 4

MURDER OF A NATIVE.

N.apieb, June 14. As an outcome of the Omahu dispute Arini Donnelly’s natives hare been ploughing the land, and having finished one paddock entered into another this morning, the leader being Tauranga Kaurari, Arini Donnelly’s brother, who was shot by a native of Broughton’s party. Nine constables have been sent there, add affairs are quieter. No serious disturbance is anticipated. The act was purely, an individual due. This and the previous disturbance have arisen solely through the failure of the Native Court to ascertain the titles of Broughton and Donnelly. The rival factions elsim large interest ■ ; jt thp block, which is large and very valuable. Though topi is’in possession, and Donnelly-a .natiyqvgb;tihcre now and then, partly to keep ftheppassertiompf- title end partly to expedite the-' adjudieitipp' fif' the Land Court, Two cppiti hayp'already been jgaji! tted, but nonejjasieve? people allege through icfloeaoe of the other side. I&thfsides. bowerer, profess an anxiety to have the title investigated. The Court is appointed to sit next month, , Tauranga is still alive, but is not expected; to live. He has made the following deposition in the presence! of the prisoner f At three o'clock this morning I and my people got up to feed our ho aes. After the borpes. had I harnessed up .four teams. We finished our breakfast at half-past five, and I led one of the teams apd the men fch& others. We went to the place where we were gmng to plough. At, six the

ploughs bed started, and my plough ahead, bub after that I allowed another to getelowly ahead of xna. I wont up afior him and there were o'her ploughs close to mine. Near the harping I «aw Wa Aturia coming, and when I turned my priurnef came up and saluted me : -f lenpkoo, I have something to »ay to you " I said “Say on.” Wa Aturia 6«jd “Stop your ploughing. I said to him 11 Give the reason." Ho said “The ooly reason is you've to stop ploughing” I said I will not stop,” When I add to him “I will not stop/' I a ttw him take a pistol from his pocket, When I saw it I ran behind the horse*. WhiJeX was running away he fired the pistol 'and the bullet struck me in the back' I rau to the

'Other side of the fence and he followed me. He wagon homback when he was firing at me, and when I got a little dis’anoa away from the fence he W3nt away to fire at my men I had left behind. My men r»n behind the hones. When he gob on one side of the the men ran to the other side of (he fence, but the weapon was not then fired, W« ran in this direction (Donnelly’s) and W<* Aturia Wi made for the gate; when I got nearly on to the road gum» of my friends cred outs “There is Wa Atuta Wit he’s got on to tho roads he’s galloping on with tho revolver in bis hand,” I then for a fence that wan close to me. When I gop to the other side of the fence Wa Aturia came up. He dismounted and ran afier mo. I was not able to run on account of the effect the that shot hid on me. He then called out to mo to .stop. Xsaid " No," and he ran up alongside of ms and fired r.j ain with the small revolver (orodnoid). iv I bol!* - struck mo in my leftside. He fir d ' again but missed me, I ep?.ing at hicn and I we closed. I throw him down and I u:o oceded in getting tho revolver hi-... | After some time my wife came up. I t,ld ' her to come quickly and hold Wa Atmi*, i

Another woman then came forward. At the" time I bad got the revolver from Wa Aturia I thought of turning round and shooting him, but then I thought it would be better to leave it to the ■ law. At this.time >W a ' Aturia took a largei. revolver -(produced) in’ his hand. The , wpmon took - the revolver from him. At the time I got the small revolver I discharged tho ,bul!otg; in tha air and struck Wa Aturia on head -with . the butt. At this lime a boy named Taka came. Wa, Aturia was then held 1 and'l esmoaway on the boy’s horea.. «I gave the small '.revolver to one of the women.—ln reply to questions by the prisoner, Karauri denied' that he had received a warning not to, on the land until the sitting of the Land Court. , Prieonerisi considerably Knocked about the. head,| by the butt of the pistol. .His father .was a great, chief and met his death by a pistol shot ia 1868 whilst lighting with the native allies at Poverty Bay. Jane 16. Weitsra Wi was. charged with, nsault with, intent to,kill at the .Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day, and, remanded fori eight days. < Juno 16. Tauranga E-sura/a is still alive,< Ji>ut in great agony, and is sinking faat. Ho is now partially paralysed. The doctors, ; sisy that he, oannob possibly live. Ho .h a well-made, intelligent, and well-educated young man, twenty-six years of age. His young wife is with him, and has persistently refused all nourishment since he was shot. Last night. Karaima sent a request that the Herald' representative might visit him this morning as he; wished to give an explanation nto.why' he went on the land, but on the reporter going up Xarauria was in too much pain to speak connectedly. Captain Proeoe went to Opaahu yesterday. The natives on‘his 1 advice gave up all their firearms, about forty Stand in ail. Some of the rifles were loaded. Latbb, Taurangs Karanria died in the hospital shortly after 5 o’clock, last ,night. The inquest commences this morning.