BREAKERS AHEAD.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 30, 29 March 1879, Page 3

BREAKERS AHEAD.

The following very interesting, but by no mea^a cheering, intelligence has beon supplied, us by the Press Association : — 2?byj Plymouth, March 25. There is a considerable amount of excitement here respecting the action of the natives on the. Waimate Plains, and natives, v they pass through, the. town, are quesbioned very closely as to. what transpired at Parihaka between T& Whiti and Mr. Sheehan. One 'old nativesays Mr. Sheehan idvocated that girolsi ahpuld be sent to sithep Wanganui or K&w. Plymouth to be fcried^ftnd that Te Whiti might accompany liim so as to see fair play, but Te Whiti replied thatMjf.'Sheehaa should bring his people to Parihaka, and he would be the judge. Another native, says that when at bhe meeting Mr. Sheehao, observing, B[iroki present, commented on. the murder he had Bommitted, and condemned the natives for bhe part they had tak.en m npt giving hjm ap, Te Whiti gate a smart and unexpected uiswer. The Government were responsible for the murder. They were thieves ; they bad taken, their (the. Maoris') land. Th« murder \jouid not have happened if it had not been fo* *he surveyor. This was received with a loud response, of "Ka mate Te Sheehan, oTe whiti,' 1 which, translated, Means that Mr. Sheehan, was beaten m his talking by Te Whiti. After the Native. Minister left, it is, said that Te Whiti gave orders that any survey-, ors who attempted to make roads or lines at Waimate, or betw.een Uranuj and Mimi River, were to be thrown, on one side, or carted away, but there was to be no blood spilt. He,, further orders thai? the Euro-, peans are to be kept on the other side of the Waingongoro. River. Another Maori says that alter. Mr. Sheehan loft, the natives threatened Te Whiti's life if he did not give. the. order for them to remove the surveyons. Tke.jgjera?d to-njght says :— " As a pakeha Maori of not very nice, principles has been known tjo be visiting the district lately, it looks as ifhis visit there had something to do with this change. m» the conduct of the natives. As matters have now,- gone so far, the Government, must show a bold front, and maintain the. atjfcitiuds they had previotusly taken up." . It is reported here that Tifcokpwarut has ] telegraphed that he is at the- head of. the patty j and is responsible for what has 4 been done. The Hawera correspondent of the -ISsrafd telegraphs that the Maoris, about twenty strong m each party, are removing Cheat's, Climie's, and Finnerty's camp, bag, baggage, and men m bullock drays to this side of the Waingongoro River. Anderson's party is the only one now on the plains, but as he is Borne three miles m the bush from the Oemetu range, probably they cannot get at him at present. This affair was decided after Mr. Sheehan left Parihaka, but Te Whiti told the natives to use no violence m the removal, nor has there been any used. This matter will, also stop the surveys of the. Waimafce Plains railway, as although ; they- are some way back m the bush, they cannot be supplied by any other road than that from the plains. There will bo no violence, used 'by ijhe Maoris. In the removal everything is done m a sort of goodhumored manner, but as Te Whiti has at last Bpoken, they were bound to carry out his instructions. The Maoris are to turn out m, force to-mprrow on tjhe plains, and pull up all the surveyors-- pegs. The Herald? s Oarlyle. correspondent telegraphs that the decision,!© remove .surveyors from the plains was come to atj a meeting held after Sheehan had left. The Government officers appear not $0. hav,e expected it. . Land Purchaser Commissioner Williams has left Carlyle for the. Plains, for the purpose of interviewing the natives about 'the matter. The feeling at : Carlyle is, fchafc vigorous measures should be adopted and. Hiroki secured at all hazards. Having, made their protest by removing the sur-. veyors, it is not .expected that any further* aggressive steps will be taken, and that the action by the Q-overnment will be anxiously awaited. ' Some Patea natives who werat Parihaka do. not approve of the action taken, and are fearful of the- consequences, to escape which they have hurried back to .their own settlements. A special meeting of the Land Boa^d was held at 4 o'clock to-day, whjen the Crown Land Commissioner read a telegram from, Mr. Ballance, directing him to call a meeting of the Board to arrange for the sale of thp Waimate Plains.' The Commissioner also read the draft copy of an advertisement;, that had been telegraphed to him, which, on the. approval of the Board, would at once.be published m, the papers throughout the Colony and Australia. The advertisement notifies that the sale of the Waimate Plains will take, place oa Tuesday, 6th May, at the town of 'Carlyle, and shall corc,Blst of 16;ObO acres of land. Mr. Kelly, m moving the resolution authorising^ the sale, said it would be as "well fouthe members of the Board not W-maike any observation on the matter, but leave the Government to' take the responsibility on "themselves.- . Mr. Syme seconded the. resolution, merely remftrking that ; thought it ( wguld have been better to have had the sale at Wellington. ! The Board*, then iprocee^ed to; classify the. land: The-., upset jprj^es- were not filed j#; ,thts meeting. .The. Board tht»n x a,^journed. ' - ■■'...' :