NATIVE AFFAIRS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2352, 17 October 1881, Page 3

NATIVE AFFAIRS.

[_Br Tars graph.] [from the own oobbbspobdhnt op thh- “ PRESS.”] WELL INGTON, October 1«. The Parihaka meeting take* place tomorrow, and is looked forward to with great interest, as much may depend on Te Whiti's utterances. Special arrangement* bare been made by the Government to obtain full and early reports of what passes. It is known that several prominent West Ooast chiefs have adopted a somewhat derisive tone of late toward Te Whiti’s followers, and they have been heard to tell the latter that Te Whiti is deluding and making slaves of them, There is a good deal of grumbling now and then among Te Whiti’s people, who are dissatisfied at the long delay in the fulfillment of his promise of supernatural aid for the discomfiture of the Europeans. It is hard to foresee what influence this may exercise on To Whiti’s action, but it is scarcely likely to be of a favorable nature. The Government preparations still continue steadily, andlleam privately that plans are in a forward state. So far as I can judge, the intended operations, when the proper time for action arrives, have every prospect of being thoroughly successful in finally sweeping away the Native difficulty. Nothing, however, will be rone for some time' unless the Natives should precipitate matters, which is not thought likely.