NEARING THE END.
Te Kooti has been arrested; thanks to no one more than himself. There is nothing to exult over in the matter. Te Kooti was evidently given every chance of escape, and having shown how easily he could have evaded arrest, he virtually walks into the arms of the policemen. Te Kooti the prisoner is not Te Kooti the leader of a fanatical horde, and although we cannot pity him, yet fair play demands that we should not heap obloquy upon him in his present position. We are thankful, for the present at least; and until something fresh occurs, the district can return to its former calm. The whole affair will no doubt for a time act as a drawback to the district, but it was better to lose slight advantages in the present than to run the risk of losing much more in the near future. The whole district is to be congratulated on the outcome of the trouble, and although the Government came rather tardily to our rescue, still they deserve our thanks for carrying the matter to a successful issue.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 267, 2 March 1889, Page 2
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185NEARING THE END. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 267, 2 March 1889, Page 2
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