THE MOKAU SURVEY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume iv, Issue 68, 19 February 1884, Page 3

THE MOKAU SURVEY.

Hbbbery of a Provision Depot.

Alleged Capture of Surveyors :<(>;■:••:■; v.!:i|j v .UPativesvy ;'_ ; ' J

.(by telegbaeh.) - I ;I . v .(UNITED BRBSS-^S/OCIAajl^N.) j Kew Plymouth," February 18i ypj%^?*. ffl&Tfr vi#l suryey^-sio^bft) went inland to prospect for a railvfay" r«>ute, were turned back by Ihe-nsftives, „who stole all the: provisions s^ent ! to the depot for the ., survey parties. The Government ..officials refuse to give in--,foi;matipnj b^ta reppritiisfinfiirculiitioni ■ ■that <Mountforjb's -party are all tali en prisoners ~jj?y. the,, natives, at, QJaangapr ka.U. ; _.j....,.;.. . |. ;:,•!!:;■.•: v -h-.-ni v : Later - ;! The following.: 'are the particulars with- reference to ■•jfche surveyors be|ng> ; tamed back by natives :— Mr Skeet ; and iparty -of surveyora , Wenti •on Sat^ urday last towards the store depot . aituatedrat Taangarakavi^ : and i( wnen within two miles' of ifrimet the man|in : charge, who reported ihat a number! of 'nabivel'hatf told'hini to'eW'tJiiti '?v\lm : w^iild' r A)e shot; The' ! naHves' i th^'n at once took possess JLon ; of the store and commeh'ced to help'theriipeivea to the provisions. They told the man if {he returned they- would shoot him, or! if theT sui^dyors^C^™^ *hjey would be aealt _\vith m. a similajr. niansS > .'Jr5 I li^. mart --eenapelletHo- leave the store, antl |ou telling his storyito Mr Skeet and party they deemed it-prudent not to proceed,, further.^ JEhe obstrn^t&g natives were' Taumata^ an "Upper 'Wanganui chief; : ' ktid^i&e bMn'sifolio^e'iii;' who ; wpe jail" armed. It is evident, however, ] fihiW 'chief in'' tH& r '^\f : opponent th'at_ • the iGovetiiment havfe^o'deal 1 w'ffch, jas : all -tfiet'tftib'er- Natives' ! m tjid idistrict ; to the'^urVey; beihg made. ' ; iif r; ' 'and ' pftV tjjf; 1 ' wjho f^liave *fee : en sxrr Veyirig ha;tiv«' ' boundary^ f lines', KaV^ we leai'hi j 'atdhvia, unmolested. Mr Ske^t inteniTs'g'bing' ' oUt ; again i at once'tb' reWrne tfte , ex-, ploration, when 'it fs' liif) ■ intention jt6 remove the^depot uearer the coast. | WEiui^GTidN, February 18.---a... "Withi'EeFerehceXo tlie ' alleged obstruction of thc-aiirveys'^y'fiiativesi we following ]>articulars hy!V<? <^br . tamed : — Several 1 ; surveyorft ■ ''are'-vu6w offijHoyMKy, Government m exploring iifor a railway; line Watlglanui and: iWaikato, and ithei'e are also parties engaged on the survey of the soujth boundary of the King country preparatory to that region being brought uncjer investigation for title by the Native LffflidijCgoisb? ,The3 depoU of provisions, frohfw^idVsev^ralparlifsdrawsupplifes, is Bituated .on one of the upper-tribu-taries' 1 of-' the ( WSiihrariuf' ; River; IjThis r aipb&Wii' i B^ii 'vfeited by ' four v atmbd natives, who he,lped r . themselvjes |o I a 'theodolite and as many storeis an th6h -j^anop >y t 9uld ho / ld.;>. I ;Tiieyi^oldithe.inian m charge to be off or' they would tie . him uj,i, .andj^hat.they /Wouldicome.back and take the remainder of the stores m t^e.^epbfc. He was^to tell the survey qrs that the natives would oppose any sijr- ; vey^.H The man b'n liis' refuvh out tiowards the coast, met a ,survey r parly im route for the depot, and all tlie men re turned back wilhin the confiscated line. ThejGpY.einnicnt are ho\v dealing with the difficulty, which ai present seems •to* be . ! the act of y.ourig natives, in* way warranted by their chiefs, JKTpr •is it 1 'an indicatibn of the i; general ; native feeling, because seyeraj surveyors m j a Wdfe" "inlancl situation liave reported th^tj, the, natives .are quite friendjy to their operations, and have an intelligent comprehension »of their- 'object, T^ie obstruction is said to have been caused oliy Tamnftt^^wh-ofcMWsaißMal^ valley m which the, depot .was situated . . |