NATIVE AFFAIRS.
[Br Tblbgbaph] fFKOM OUR OWN COBBEBFOUDBNT.] WELLINGTON, August 30. There is nothing fresh of any importance regarding Native affairs on the West Coast. The Government received a telegram from the Native Minister today, stating that the fencing contingent sent down by To Whiti yesterday numbered no fewer than eleven, mostly old men. It is stated that Te Whiti has almost exhaußtod his stook of active young men, and is beginniug to fall back on older and weaker followers. They woro duly arrested, but thoir destination is not definitely known. It is reported that some ill feeling has arisen among tho Parihaka Natives in consequence of one having had his pocket picked of a£l note, and acrimonious discussions have ensued. To Whiti declares that the theft was not oommitted by one of his tribe, but by a Wanganui visitor. Tho result has not yet transpirod. Mr Bryce is now superintending tho survey, and marking off a site for tho proposed lighthouse at Capo Egmont, which will be gone on with so soon as tho West Coast Settlement Bill has received the Royal assent. A redoubt will also be erected near Cape Egmont for the defence of the lighthouse if necessary.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2034, 31 August 1880, Page 3
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