NATIVE AFFAIRS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2384, 23 November 1881, Page 3

NATIVE AFFAIRS.

PUNGABEHU, November 22,

Affairs at Parihaka are in much the same state as yesterday. Two batches of Natives, thirty and sixty-one strong, were sent away to Opunake and New Plymouth respectively. The former was escorted by Oapt. G-ascoigne and a company, and the latter by Capt. Newell and a company. The destruction of whares was continued during the forenoon, but was stopped at noon, by which time a dozen had been pulled down. Operations had to bo stopped owing to the tope being defective. A strong rope has been sent for, and tomorrow several other whares will be destroyed.' It was stated here to-day that five of tho Waitara Natives who were escorted home had returned to Parihaka, but the truth of this assertion is questioned by the offioers. The only Natives now in custody at Fort Rolleston are Titokowaru, Te Whetu, and another chief. The former will leave for New Plymouth tomorrow morning to be tried. Captain Taylor, who accompanied the Natives to Waitara on Sunday, returned this evening. It is intended to shift the camp at Parihaka, a more favorable spot having been selected a little to the weßt of the present one. A fatigue party were out all day levelling the place, and it is expected that the shift will be made in a few days. The material for constructing the telegraph line to Parihaka has, not yet been delivered here. Major Atkinson addresses tho electors of Okaurn to-night, and will pass through here to-morrow on his way to Opunake, where he holds another meeting. Colonel Roberts and Mr Hursthouse visited the rear of Parihaka this afternoon. It had been stated that 100 horses were starving in the paddocks, and although feed was rather bare, they could not be said to be starving. The number of whares destroyed is nearly seventy, but the total will probably reach 100 before operations are oonoluded.