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• : Saturday. John McLean, the cook of Fraser and Tregear's surver party on the Momohaki block, was found drowned on Thursday. It was believed he had slipped down a steep bank. It was'afterwards found that powder and bullets had been stolen from the tent; and at the inquest to-day a bullet was found in the man's head, which leaves little doubt but that he has beea murdered. . Later. Wellington, This day. The Government have received a nunv ber of telegrams relative to the murder in the Momahaki block. From these it appears that suspicion points to a native named Hiroki at. Pahapu", Waitotara, and who is said to have fled in the direction of Taupo or Wailcato. All the information received points .to the , murder being a private one. A number of native chiefs now in Wellington tire very much shocked at the occurrence, and have sent telegrams to their people to apprehend the murderer. ' Most active measures have been also taken by the Government for the apprehension of the murderer. The Native Miaister is assured that the crime has no political significance whatever.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2997, 23 September 1878, Page 2
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184PATEA. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2997, 23 September 1878, Page 2
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