GISBORNE.
Tuesday. . A disturbance, unequalled in Gisborne for its lawless character, occurred to day. The aggressors were a party of laborers, employed by Mr Lawrence, the business manager of the late Captain i.'cad. The dispute was in connection with the ownersli'p of houses and town sections sole! by Paora Kate to Mrs Kate Wyllie. The case came be.'ore the Court recently, when Captain Bead's agent fail d to show any tit In to the land. To-day, however, tiiey endeavoured to destroy the houses by bringing a large party of men with screw jacks, axes, picks, and shovels, to level the houses wiLli (.he ground, without a moment's notice. The chimney was pulled down, and the inmates had to seek refuge iv the street. The street ii now strewn with furniture, and a mass of debris fills the rooms. The natives came to the rescue of their relative Kate Wyllie, who had purchased the property from the chief Paora Kate. Over one hundred people were present, and at one time bloodshed seemed imminent. Tonight the natives wilt camp on the land to prevent another similar attack.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2820, 27 February 1878, Page 2
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185GISBORNE. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2820, 27 February 1878, Page 2
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