THE RELEASED PRISONERS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 84, 21 June 1881, Page 4

THE RELEASED PRISONERS.

In a reoent y^ from Pohgarehu to the Hawera Sfc al . the following raoarka occur: Many nat iv g S ape co lleoted together ot, Parihaka, in expec t a tion of the retnrn of the Maori p ri,o nerß from Lytt e lton, Dunedin, .and. g- okitika> and much fo ™ 1B amnimkAJQft f OT the j r reception. Those •Ireaay arrived at Opunake proceeded immediateiy to Wiremu Kingi's place at Opna, and will prooeed immediately to Parihafea. It wan proppsed airmnsf themselves that they should wait until the ar * rival "of tie Hokitika pri?onpri», but <he final decision come to on Saturday evening wastjfchat tliey sliould go directly to Parihaka, r JFood . vta<* taken to them fiom OpnnnliW'oa iSiMirday. At Panlmka all credit is given to T« WhUi for lis fore-st-phi hi having ?nid lbat two veais troubl elapse'" before their return, and also for hu assertion that the law courts were inopcra. tU'O aa resrhrda fbft prisotters, wliich romarfc they consider fully borne out. by tbe re turn of thr.se sentenced to two year*' hard labor. No ereo it i< given to \h* f-b»vern. ment on the score of leniennv. Th Whtti'i house is not yet flnisbed in the interior portions, but the fl.iors are nearly all laid, and scrinuniag nnd papering is being pro ceeded with. A considerable amount oi Enroppan delicacies h*ve heen pnrehased by the NV'atuaa tribe, *n">l row-v-wl t«Parihaka- fot the o-neninor f^a'". Tli* pastry conk* of Xc«- Pl\ mouth have be*»n sought out, and confectionery unrcbased ; and a story id current at Parihaka that on Tohu dcairtne to taste aorne of these Pakeha delicacies, and a i»ie- beins placed before him, he was considerably chasrincd to find the contents nothing but karookamo. only ve«wtalil«» marrow, of which he had plenty at Parihaka.