NEWS FROM THE FRONT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 5, 17 September 1880, Page 3

NEWS FROM THE FRONT.

« (From the IN. Z. Times.) Pungarehu, Sept. 13, 10.10 a.m. The Parihaka natives are getting unbearably|aggisssive and annoying. On Sunday morning they drove some of the horses belonging to Mr Quin--^v livan to Parihaka, and refused to give them up. They say they took "^ them because they were on the wheat. Taikomoko, one of Hone Pihama's people, is the leader of the aggressors. A large number of natives are collected at Parihaka. Wi Kirigi Manukuhi is being brought from the Waitara on a Btretcher. The poor, the lame, the halt, and the blind are assembling. The natives who each day come to fence evidently wish to avoid arrest if possible. It ia feared that further interference with public works will ensue. 3.45 pm. The Hon. the Native Minister has arrived in camp from Opunake. The natives heralded his approach by recommencing fencing at the Parapara, which has not been fenced for the last three weeks. A good strong fence is erected, and the na* tives are now engaged in digging a trench across the road, parallel with the fence. One of the horses taken by the natives broke away from them last night, and returned to camp. They still retain the other. New Plymouth, September 13. Two horses belonging to Quinlivan were seized by the natives on Saturday night, and were impounded after the Maori fashion. It appears the horses got loose, and found their way to the uiifeaced wheat crops, where they were caught by the natives, and taken to Parihaka. The owner of the horses went and remonstrated with the natives, but to no purpose, as the natives absolutely declined to give up possession of the horses, and the owner will most likely send in a claim to the Government for compensation. The erection of the lighthouse at Cape Kgmont has been commenced by th 9 Const abulary, and will prove a great boon to steamers and coasting veteels. The lighthouse is an old ono, and has been conveyed to the site in 192 pieces, each piece weighing half a ton. fhe men are at present engaged in making a road to the lighthouse from the main road at the camp. The Public Works contingent have been located at the township of Mania, for the purpose of commencing a road from that place to Normanby.