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Puicgabehu, Dee. 27. (SpeeUl to Herald.) lie Constabulary »re engaged m fulling up the potatoes both here and f' the Pifapara, on > both sides of the road, j on the land sold and on that reserve* 7 . The potatoes are pulled and allows to! lie, and tbe A.C. have permission to tete •what they reqnire. The crops bein« destroyed are those .which have been sedulously guarded by the Maoii sentries night »nd day, and are planted o% what were once the famous wheat fields where the fencing prisoners were arrested. The natives view the destruction of their crops m silence, On being questioned, they express regret that the potatoes were not left to ripen, when they would be of service to both races. They are not the property of alien tribes, but of those living at Parihaka, who express sorrow that no food is now left for the women and children of the owners. The ripest are being bagged and mriid *way by the Constabulary.
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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 188, 28 December 1881, Page 3
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