The Hawke's Bay Times. NAPIER, FRIDAY, 23rd JUNE, 1865.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 5, Issue 282, 23 June 1865, Page 2

The Hawke's Bay Times. NAPIER, FRIDAY, 23rd JUNE, 1865.

In the Provincial Council last night His Honor said that he wished to make a state* ment respecting the Government Steamer. St. Kilda, which had just returned from a visit to Table Cape, (whither she had been with a supply of arms and ammunition, for the use of the friendly Natives). She had brought word that there hau been an engagement between the friendly natives and a party of the Hau-hau, in which the former were the victors, losing 6 killed and 3 wounded, while the hau hau lost 7 killed and 6 wounded. The Chiefs had expressed their determination to effect the capture of the Rev Mr Volkner’s murderers, if it were possible’ Mr Buchanan next proposed the resolutions standing in his name. They were based upon the 30th clause of the Native Lands Act, of which the Government approved, to less than 500,0(30 acres were leased from natives in the Province, to the derangement o* the relationship between capital and labor, for little would be spent on land held by o insecure a tenure. IT; saw from a General Government return that lay on the t able hat certain hoa. members ofythat counoil, were amongst the illegal occupiers of native land. The first he noticed were Messrs Kennedy and Stuart, each 500 acres, next Mr Ormond, with eight others, being, be presumed, nine of the twelve called apostles* with 20,000 acres, a little lower down he saw the name of Alexander M'Lean, with 30,000, and again Mr Ormond at Eparaima, with 10,000, and lastly, the worthy Speaker, Mr Wilkinson with 8,000. Mr Colenso seconded the resolution. Mr M'Lean said that the policy of the Gen-' eral Government was opposed to the enforcement of the Ordinance, and as it was useless to go counter to that body, the law was all but obsolete, and at all attempts to enforce it had failed, it was impossible to enforce it. He moved that the resolutions be considered that day six months. Mr Colenso said that the resolutions of the Council would influence the policy of the General Assembly very materally. He believed that if the people put their shoulders to the wheel, they would succeed in ousting the squatters. Let the Government withdraw its support from the Union Bank, this would soon bring the manager’s nose to the grindstone, He Was glad to know of the intended Public meeting, which showed that the people were iu earnest. The squatters were as great a nuisance to the maories, who complained that their dogs were killed and the lives of their children endangered by the poisoned pork, bread, and other food, placed even in their pahs. He had seen in the lo-

-■al papers notices warning persons agains trespassing, and was astonished at the impudence of these squatters, in such illegal acts. Mr Rhodes made a long speech arguing that any law systematically violated, became in consequence obsolete, and that no law could be enforced against a great mass of people. Several other members took part in, the debate, but of these we must defer our notice. Ultimately, both the amendment and resolution were put, the division lists being in each case the same as on a former occasion. Mr Kennedy, by voting with the other squatters,left the decision in the hands of _,the speaker , who gave Jus casting votes against the public, and the squatters another victory.