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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3623, 25 September 1890, Page 2

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r MASTERTON-THUBSDAY, (Before Colonel Roberts, E.M.) J CIVIL. ' t W. Sellar v. T. M. Drummond ' Claim £57 10s for rent owing to Apata Wakamaira, for whom lie 3 (claimant) was attornoy. Mr Bunny 1 for plaintiff. Judgment for amount, > with costs. A. Biraio v. C. Petersen.—Claim B £BB, Mr Tosswill for plaintiff. J Judgment by confession. Several other cases were either ' adjourned or struck out. ; CORRESPONDENCE,. 3 Tho Boycotted Palntor- - jr (To the Editor.) ' Sißp^eyou local of yesterday ' jj concerning E, Hatch working below '•?' 3 standard wages, I may say his wages ' were 7s per day, tho standard wago paid in Wellington and throughout the colony for a brush hand, lam r '3t &0., i J. F. WARD. j A FuzzloA Maori- [ The other day some Natives wflra j OTorhcard discussing the present , strikes, and tho question of certain 1 , peoplo being boycotted came up. L "What the pokole?" said ono to a ( European, who replied," Oh, ail samo • f as you tell a man he's " kakeno," (no . good), and you don't buy from his , . shop, antl you don't help him or his j family, jou put a supernatural spell , on him, and his beloningings," This • flowery expression was clean abovo i Maori comprehension and lie had to admit "Me no sayce." His , European friend, anxious toenlighton . bim, went on: " Well, suppose a, f man do you harm, pay too Braall • f 5 wages, you boycott him." Native : 1 " Ah, with tbo tomahawk ?" European:" No„njt that way: you don't helf, him, don't buy anything from bim, and keep others from doing so," jJw Native: "Ah I but suppose ho sell • cheap," European:'"No matter i he even give things away, you don't take them, because people say 'NoE good—bad man—boycott." Native . £ (breaking into a laugh, the idea of :t\ the 'pokote' having entered his j cranium at last):" All same 03 ,'tapu I Maori Chief hold up three fingers over j cpmmon Maori's kumera crop, say 0 'tapu,' he want it all himself. All' 0 sdtue as Maori Chief climb to top of mountain, hold up three finger;, antl