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Per Oroville att'l Co.’s Express (TL "A tor's A aunt?). A. ARRIVAL OF THE ‘TARANAKI.’ MAX AND "WOMAN DROWNED AT GREYMOUTII. KEREOPA’S TRIAL. Auckland, 5 p.m. Tiie s.s. ‘Taranaki’ arrived from the South this afternoon. George Ileatier and Margaret Ilowarih were drowned at Greymouth. Kereopa’s trial commenced on the lttli of December. Five witnesses were examined, who showed that Kcreopa was the first who wished to kill the Catholic Priest. This was not agreed to IF: then asked for Volkner. whom the chiefs gave up. There is no proof that Kcreopa touched Volkner. Evidence showed that he directed others to hang him, and lie then ate Yolkncr's eyes. He refused to permit Yolkin r's body to he buried.
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 62, 18 December 1871, Page 3
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119TELEGRAMS. Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 62, 18 December 1871, Page 3
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