FURTHER COMPLICATIONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 91, 24 March 1883, Page 2

FURTHER COMPLICATIONS.

fnv TEMSGUArn ) (UNITBD PItKSS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, March 23. News arrived at Alexandra last ni«ht by nvwnflrrNfliii. by Wahnnni, inform* intf Mr WillcinHon dial. Mr (1 W. Ifursthmn-\ omttiNfol to rwporl. on the rai!w»v liiif Jo Titi'MTKiki, wii.lt )u'h onm<>nntnn twslium, had hcon n^iin Mopped by nntivort at. Iho HiMlomont oi 'IWini, butw.-on ()lnfulmn«n and ToUniti, mid nro now primings. Tlio natives' who nioleHtt'd thorn «ro prinoipul'y To Whiti's Into follower* at, Pnrthnka, tlio loailnr being ft mtin tunned Mnliukt. rftimthonfio whh lining I'noort.od by Wotow and 25 nncivofi Tho Tnk-Mimnma obalruotod, and l,hoy woro fur morn ntimoro«h, having boon proviounly wai-nod that Wotcro and him mm worn o»mliV'r>noar. Wot'M-o pl«o"d tlio pakohnn m ih* o<>ntrn, nnd'M)ihnki\ coming; forward, spoko to the cfivot that God h>«l cotno to him that day to protect thn land, and then called to his men lo fetch the nakehas, the mob immadUtoly nißhing on Mr Hurfithouae and his escort, who closed round thorn. For pome considerable time they successfully kept the obstructors ofF, but the numbers, however, prevailed, the Europeans being roughly handled between the contending parties. Welkeie was fearful of Hursthouse or Newsbam being injured, blood having already been shed. Te Haere, one of Wetere's men, having received blows on the lips and eye, Te Wetere called out, "Kati; let this cease. We will submit. We will accompany you to thfi settlement, ani talk ovr the affair." The whole then proceeded to Te Wira settlement, and To Wttere at once despatched a messenger to Wahanni, at Te Kupuru. to a quaint them that their rhirf was a prisoner. Wahanui expres,spd groat concern at the news, t-xclaiming, " This i will be the death of us all." He immediately sent m formation to the Native Agent, Mr Wilkinson, a f Alexandra, late last night. Mr Wilkinson baa proceeded to Te Kopuru this morning to interview Walumui. The stoppage of Hursthouse was not entirely a surprise, m fact it was expected by those acquainted with native feeling. No apprehension need be felt as to the perfect safety of Hursthouse and Newsham. Wetere has come down from Kopuru to i see Wahanui. The latter has expressed his determination to overcome obstruction and see the matter through.