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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 400, 6 August 1866, Page 3

The ‘ Advertiser ’ on the Great Separation Debate. —The ‘ New Zealand Advertiser,’ of the Ist August, in an article on the above subject, has the following : —“ The Separation debate has come to a conclusion, and the union of the Colony has been preserved by a majority of forty-four votes to eighteen. For five days has tbe House of Representatives devoted itself almost uninterruptedly to the discussion of this one subject, and about forty members have expressed their opinions at the modest charge of more Ikon £4OO to the Colony, although the question was practically decided on the very first evening. Some of the most brilliant speeches that have ever been delivered in the House have marked the course of the debate, and some of the most twaddling, irrelevant enunciations of no-opinions have formed a larim part of it, until at last, with a sigh of relief, we find ourselves landed on the shore of union. We could wish that our foot-hold there was firmly set, but we feel it still unstable, because, although the question is now shelved for the present session, it will inevitably be brought forward by the same log-rolling faction next year, no matter how circumstances may have altered the condition of the Colony. Let us, however, trust that the minority will accept their defeat now, and that, having frittered away so much valuable time in useless discussion, the House will set itself earnestly to work to carry out those important measures which are essential to the welfare of united New Zealand. One month of the session has passed, and what has been done? Nothing, or next to nothing, beyond the affirmation of an abstract principle, and we demand of the representatives of the people that they should now go earnestly to work to perform the duty they owe to their constituents.” Dr Eeatheeson and the Natives. —ln the papers laid on the table of the Assembly relative to the Manawatu Block, some very amusing incidents are described. Of the negotiations that led to the purchase, the public generally have, from time to time, had particulars placed before them for perusal; and we do not think that the narration of a few incidents that occurred while the negotiations were being on will now prove uniuterssting. At a meeting atMaramaihoea (Rangitikei) on the 4th December last, one of the chiefs, Wi Pukapuka, referred to a caricature in which they (the duels) were represented as pigs. In reply, his Honor, said that he had something to say about the pigs.” “He was aware that a caricature had been sent to them by an anonymous correspondent in Wellington, in which he and Mr Duller were represented as driving three pigs with men’s heads, supposed to represent the three tribes concerned in the. dispute. They were sure.y not so foolish as to suppose they were pigs because some unknown person had chosen to call them so? One thing was very certain ; if they allowed themselves to be made pigs of, he was as much a pig as any of them inasmuch as ho had made himself a party to the whole transaction. After the threats they had been using it was possible that another caricature would be received representing himself and Mr Duller with sheep’s heads, and the chiefs of the three tribes attempting to drive them off the land.—Wellington Independent. The Aeawas—How'thsv came to form a PART OF THE NATIVE CONTINGENT. - TilO Aiawas were never called out by the Government, but turned out voluntarily, through some old tribal disputes, and when they were getting beaten they applied to the Government for assistance, which was given them in arms, food, and clothing. In addition to this, they were offered £3,U00 to compensate them for the loss of their cultivations, £1,500 to be paid at once, and £1,500 when they took Hereopa, and they also got a large strip of land. If, then, the Arawas complained, they did so without cause.—Mr Stafford iu the House of Representative*.