PUBLIC MEETING.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 104, 28 December 1868, Page 313

PUBLIC MEETING.

)CbujicU.Jo.|jaßQ,bpr last gening,>“-for the; purpose j of ;discussmg : theibilimportant Question, of the .suspeßsioh oi the^Cohititn&pn^ ; and amended/ ;b§cupied;jth§ COMR* • ,n4r- «S . ? 5S Mr~; in a - long speech, m'pyed the - fir^. yesoluti^ - „^iiat"tHs v mpe{ins views' with - otarxn jttfe present aspect yof ! ftfiairs;^'this^irtliL'lSana j : '%a ; iStif bpirnon thit'an appeal tgcßer QSeeii for aid’ ‘ ! \ ■{&& forward bcedence" iaimer’s,'-and jweis* d£i^^piislj||grebdwt6^^ iPj /£ crias'iSth^itffaifs^f'tKfeT^o^tEiCTfiTsmS'^idfflsi fi»?!Ebujaieittjjsbe:?»eqßSßted;itor; i Housaviof i ,iS' : theny ’ fol; ( » Jwii

.geaiiaTmg spoken, m^orial-w9a ; ty lie mfsejj‘o.f «i e : East a’rid:We st .G&sfs'of r, oF'tlie • of'ri the?'aboriginal ate no longey.secure, in a..conßidernblp'pqrtK)tt;of ■the.Nqrttafij Island.-..i:- r%v iftcaakfulTy and l occupredj'are nowall Homesteads' estabnshea fur years have’ Keen desi trpyed; and' liarbarmisiy inurderecLr,, -^-Ev6ii J Jifi ■ loralities'' not - a'ctu&fly “'tlfe feeling of-'inseeurity is so greafcas to lead-to a very serious suspension of.all.'iridustrial'pursuits. ! have been o.CLthetincreiise for.s| long period, posatis^qtqry-effects, : .i>sye,,resulted: from the efforts mad®, ip suppress tjpnu.’- ({ ls ,f. v It.is eyident.that ipnlesh.-ylgorous measures are at' once wreck' tjftiie •’ settled, districts will'lie Poraplete; and flie pfdspects of £Ke enterprising colonists irretrievably ruined. •" ~" n . "' ;, Yottr Memorialists' bad entertained the reasonable.- hope of being able to maintain law-and order without requiring, aid from the mother .country' but after a lengthened' .trial.thpy .find tlieniseiyes: unable to master difficulties of an unprecedentcjd. character,, and .repress .the insurrection, which is daily acqmrbig' more formidable 'dimensions. ''• •; •: • ; Your Meiriorihlists ‘ (eel assured'' that’- without vciur Majesty’s*'graciotfs : intervention and powerful aiub ready aid; tile industries of the Col<my?-.will -be ruined, and .tire lives of,the. colonists.sacrificetl. They, therefore, humbly, and respectfully pray that your Majesty, wiif.be,pleaded to.direct tliat such.measures., be taken’ .as, n in ydur'Majesty’s’wisdom arid goodness .shall'seem fit, by adopting such measures'as will restore and security'to this prirt of your Majesty’s dominions. , '■ And yotir Memorialists, as in duty hound; will ever pray,-&c.-~ ... , • - ~

;/ .A committee,' consisting of Messrs .Tiffeiij Kinross, and .4-. Si;. Hill; Was then formed’ to , obtain, -.signatures, and- after a., vote of .- thanks .to the, chair? the 'meethxg"sepai’ated, about. llp;ni. r /: •" *r-t

. 4 Rain, iauch retired both m town, and, popntry.... 1 New Year’s - Day (Friday next) will.be observedasageiieral holiday.

?. Land and t,Bi>ildihg -.Society.A' : special genial- meeting • -is -called next, at 7 p.m. . ■/

• The, .-English Mail via Panama may he expected Here to-day by the s.s. "Wellington. - Parade of Jvtilitia-and.Yolunteers on Wednesday,. at. 6., p.m, r-men to attend Without animnnition. - .

x,; : J:T' is. said . the : . Ngatimahiapoto tiihe have threatened, to inyade Taranaki. ' ... / . -V-. ,'f

; , An interesting on Wool sorting and packing—which we commend to the perusal of woolgrowers—will be found in-another column.

• - Band:-, oe, Hope.— The. .annual “ treat”- afforded;to the members, of the Band of Hope,-which hithevtoihas taken . place .on. Boxing. Bay, will not, .we ..understand, come T pfx till some time in March, 1869,..- - .

Auckland Piles.— We have just .received,, as \ye g<? fp press.this mornings and-too late. .to make extracts? ,a file of Auckland -papers, which were brought to ; Napier by; the ship Ida Zeigler on Saturday last. -

-- -Boxing Day.- Saturday-last was observed .as-a general-holiday, most of the . townsfolk' leaving' seek; rccreadon/,. , .The day.was very unpleasant, , a high hot wind, prevailing? with the usual plentiful accompaniment of dust. _ Wairoa. —A correspondent sends us the foliowing--^Clydej:December 25.—A1l quiet here r at present.: Th e native /expedition to Puke tapu; mot yeld.started.;, -it is said .that they go onMonday [this day}.- -Hauhau fires herel?'- : - , ; :: 1