The Central Railway ROUTE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 263, 10 October 1883, Page 3

The Central Railway ROUTE.

„ME BOCHEFORT. OTBNED BACK a ;r;f : by ; Amep natives. -ki\ 'T tte; ' surveyor; engaied In t^e i central railwaj .route, arrive^ m Wanganoi T yesterday \\ morning, having been turned back by an armed party of Maoris at Te Papa, the place sat wbioci . the suryey/wafs . stopped on.his former at^emp^ The " irmed nati ws^jvere Hauhaas, T*nmata being: chief of the hapu, and they -objected to »Uow Mr, \ Rochefprt to proeeedi unless he brbaghfc |hem* Jetter. from Tawhaiao^ thair ijcing^The nttiTeß^were armed^somewith fjiiflef and ; some with pistols, and they' i^redi % stplley, over, the heads of the Burtey party. Mr= Kochefort's party insisted of about 30 men, partly Enrol peans and partly frfendly Maoris sent up by Kemb to accompany Mr Rochefort. 'Shey were not intimidated by the first f,!rolleyi ; but iwent on <" towards the Hauhans, who fired « second volley. -Mr Rochefort and his companions >wilked l np within a shott distance 'of Hauhaus, who formed up m a line, with their guns at lie present, evidently* determined to offer a stubborn resistj ance to f urtlier progress. The Hauhaus were made up of men and women, the former slightly predominating m number ; and, still keeping: their weapons pointed towards the survey party, they; a performed;a war T dance,<iolldwed *■■ nuniber of speeches. .One. Hauhau •^idthjßt.he would rather die than allowj the surVey party to proceed^ and an-, other: said that, had it not been 1 'for u the. Xord's; will, > ;fce;. would J»ve killed the first. JJuropean who *came on the spot. Mx Rochefort went forward and addressed the obstruc-j tionists. He told thorn that it was, both foolisii and u»less to and fitojj the/railway, as, if they killed or ia^ )ur|d him, Government would send up a fresh party and an armed forcejto push the sur? ey through. Ttje Hauhaus still declined to allow the patty to proceed, and Mr Rochefort, leaving his (Oompanions on the spot, returned to Wanganui, and yesterday afternoon: telegraphed to the Government for in-* ■tractions. We understand that thej •pot where Mr Rochefort has been , turned back is about B 0 miles this side, Vf the place where Moflfat was murdered; m the'Tuhua country a lew years age.