NATIVE LAND COURT CARTERTON

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1172, 7 September 1882, Page 2

NATIVE LAND COURT CARTERTON

Tee Court was formally opened ou Monday, a moderate number of Natives being present, Yesterday, however, there was a large influx of visitors, and the town was nearly full of Maoris, making it wear a very | lively The various stores and pro- ( vision Bbops wiSTk'ept very Busy, and there seemed to b'e plenty" of' drinking going on. There were several small: rows yesterday ' among the younger Natives, but nothing , serious ooourred tiU, old Wi'-Wab, who was : apparently' in anextra bad;'temper, knooked i amative named RatiWse'nueleßS with his "mere,"-; Ratima,- who.'was eicoited by . drink, was yerv' fightalile and abusive to -Various other including his wife, Jut,;W) wouloot st&nd any noaaense, and Knooked mm aoWn,. , The blow was rather , severe, the sharp edge of the mere nutting ' tf shallow waund'Sifending from just in front of the—ear about lour inohes ' along the side of the head, The force of the blow and the quantity of drink ■ he had- -taken , keDt Mima, insensible 1 for about.an':hour, ! wnen.hawaa sufficiently 1 recovered to be remoyad to his lodgings. > About two hofltsuafte'rwards Ratima came down the town to " take it out of' his as- , saibnt,.but further .quarreling was preveated 'by. his friends. ■J. With 'thb exoeption of this incident there was no serious breaoh of the peace, 'and,; after sundown the town was perfeotly quiet. The Court site again at 12 to-day,