NEW PLYMOUTH, September 19, The Parihaka Meeting-

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2327, 19 September 1881, Page 3

NEW PLYMOUTH, September 19, The Parihaka Meeting-

The Parihaka meeting on Saturday was not of so pacific a nature as the previous ones. Hath Te Whili and Tohu spoke in an excited and at times a threatening manner. Te Whiti said every man must drop the pen and take up the sword. If the pakehas cast a stone at them the Natives wore to stone the pakehas. If the Ipakeha hit them with their fists they wore to strike with their fists, and if the pakehas took firearms to fight the Natives the Natives were to do the tamo. Throughout the meeting this kind of talk was indulged in. It may mean nothing, but the Natives are bold and insolent, and appear ready for anything, and it is only To Whiti’s influence that keeps them in subjection at all. The rebellious spirits are amongst those who have been imprisoned before, and who should never have boon allowed to return to Parihaka. OPUNAKE, September 19. Te Whiti, in addressing his people, ordered that the fight should be continued, meaning the fencing of confiscated lands at the Capo, which some Europeans took to mean hostilities, The prophet has all along said he was fighting hard the Government with his tongue, which is his only weapon to wage war with. DUNEDIN, September 19. Sporting. Native Oat hes been sold to Mr Goyder, of Melbourne, and will ba shipped there tomorrow.