MONGONU.
There was no little excitement caused here the other evening by a number of the leading people forming a party equipped -with axes, spades, and hoes, wending their way towards the bush. One rumour was that it was a goldfield rush, another, that the natives had risen, and another also, that the local medico had lost himself in the ti-tree at the back of his own house. But it soon became known that it was only a number of benedicts going to Cooper's Beach to clear a cricket ground for a match that came off on the 12th inst., between the Mongomii and Oruru married men's teams, and resulted in a victory for Mongomii m one innings. The captain of the Mongomii team played well, taking his bat out with him. The Mongonui team had one advantage over Oruru, viz.: their sisters, wives, aunts, and cousins cheering and applauding them. The Oruru ladies did not seem to think that their married men had attraction enough for them.
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Observer, Volume 5, Issue 124, 27 January 1883, Page 314
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168MONGONU. Observer, Volume 5, Issue 124, 27 January 1883, Page 314
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