OHINEMURI.
DEATH OF THE NATIVE CHIEF PAUL MATAETAERE, (from our own correspondent.) November 18. Since the return of Mr. Mackay, we are quiet as to the wire; hut from appearances, it would not seem unlikely that it will still go by way of the Gorge. Those natives who -are most active in opposition are the least interested as land owners. It is stated thr.t Te Hira has called a meeting, to be held within the next few days, to reconsider the arrangement lately arrived at to let the wire go round -by way of Whanga.mata. The Ohinemuri people think that the Coast people have rather stolen a march upon them. If it is good to let the wire go by way of Whangamata it is still better to let it go by way of Ohinemuri. A little more of that mild pressure that Mr. Mackay and Dr. Pollen know so well how to apply, and I think the thing can he done. Late on Thursday evening a boat arrived here with a Maori in a dying state. The man was the native Chief Pinaha Paira Mataetaere, of Coromandel. He died early on Friday morning, and there is to be a great tangi, or crying match, over him.
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 38, 20 November 1871, Page 3
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