OHINEMURI.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1688, 1 June 1874, Page 2

OHINEMURI.

We kave been informed that ihere is now more than ever a probability of the natives at Ohinemuri coming 'into cbllisiott over the sale of the' Kbmata block of land, which 1 has been sold by one s.e,cj;ipjft,. of a-tribe to Mr. Mackay for the Government, and, as asserted, by a smalle^ section to a Mr. Young foc|himself. j] ThJ^ particulars of the affair have beens rend red familiar to the greaders of the Star bysAHfe contributions of"ppurr r- Ohinemuri correspondent/ It appears that same of tho" rangatirk's of With hauhau or cpnservatiye tendencies-^-who are .opposed to the sate of land; under ', any' circumstances —are inciting some of the vagabonds of their.tribes to mischief.'M It is sated that a> peg is,to belput.ia.atia place called, we belieye,tQkurpkuro^jast> above Hikutaia, from which peg lan aukatiis to be drawn,; andover, which • ;nb European is to pass. The prime, mover: in^ijs Jbusiness, o we!!ar4||nf©riried is Te Moanahui, who, without: possessingl any landpQL.-hig ( p.wn, claims; -to? exe'reiseva;mdha over the land of others. Pog^ibly the, Miay. Wtiprei^erited hi She > presence in the district b| Mr. James Mackay, who. has son: many ; previous occasions averted, such disasters'by a j udicipus interferenoe ; and? the;? exercise pf that firmness for whichihe is well kibwn in dealing withithe natives. , s i ;