Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 21 May 1895, Page 2

Notes and Events.

The Bi'emler, guided by; gome unlucky star, journeyed last- week *to Parihaka, the stronghold of the wily q|3£ M%r *m *ftitu& Vi&pt jjjr 11 went out for to ate t * a^ri6iriOTil» plain, possibly .it was- under the mistaken, idea ihat^be^FOgbe.t, would tell irimVomethirig ! he c dl&Ft 1 know. However, Te Whiti told him nothing. It was all labor on the > Premier's part thrown away, as after an^bjjuj or two spent in looking; ( at/ one another, the conversation is' reported to have^poqcJucLad thia.^-l(^a\M-dl, Oftave. I woula like youTo stay. but ? Ti?'you cannot,, that 13 aIL, right.- 1 haya The Premier : It is jei^^ijleaeiQff incleed. I will b^able "tcH^ewt#^lo . Wellington aa^ telUtb^.wprld that in . my presence Te Wmti is aatnb. "Te Whiti : Who duuib> . v . . y The Premier: tkm hay« • nothing to SaV. ■-■ , ) i ■;■; i Te" Whiti : Who has fctthing to say? " : .:i-yy.\.-:>ii^- Ufi The Premier : Let hinij«»*iper|bj) question. , > ■•^r i -.^. i Se Whiti: The Premiefi^^^Ueen to Parihaka, and has had nothioa,,^ «ftyie?th«iv- The talk. is;ifln : s*^ Ron havfrMod you have nofchingji^yfag* Some one, the repoj?k,.aaitfe^^ whom it was, brought Jrhfts^eimpr a message that even; anQfchej,:,chi^| desired his preaence., >M§ j/he jajfej went to Tohu who ra^rfaaKcd wj^a had invited the Bre^q^ to ,oome to Parihaka ?,_ .. •& -. _^ with Mr Smith, M^K.raftaPMr Stnifchv who was present, .saiji. ,th|^ for months past Te- Whiti ftot^lMj* people had been asking., whraj|)m:. Premier would oomej and he^Jb^ sent word to the Premier th,at,b^jw^S expected. ....... Tohu said he had not invited, anyone', f uH¥ ttioMnidnM«yW% to say he would be glad to hear^him. The Premier said be ; "hafd" dffly to say thatr^mi^«j|riJjM»e W rnwaj of the native^tafcF^aroered altogether and enjoying thecoselveß;' >:< ' ' i-i^.

Premier was treated iiiost cavalierly by the natives, and his having been so placed must be from some one having mistaken the position. It appears as though that " some one " was Mr E. M. Smith, M H.R.