THE NATIVE DIFFICULTY.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 54, 5 July 1879, Page 2

THE NATIVE DIFFICULTY.

Haweba, July 1; ■ A nvimber of Natives assembled this morning at -Were Were,'; three miles from Normanbj. Owing to so'manjr absiirdlj exaggerated rumors, afloat, X went^up mjself. The Maoris- were holdf ng» a 1 tangi" orer an old chief. They are making political capital of it, talking oVer the ;all abbrbing ■' question. Tei Iki has just returned from Parihaka,.atid strongly SdTocatedfploughing! "near Normanby. The Maoris say their work is ended at Hawera (the" climate being warm). Tito Kowara and Kokirimma also adTpcate ploughing to-morrow. ' Take, with a few other {speak against. ' it. They will talk and drink rum as the question all day. They say they want to assert their claim to the land on Normanby side a,nd then TeWhiti will settle the whole land question with the Gbrernor m pewon: -j Our Normanby friends ■> are .quite ready for them and, will treat them with firmness if- they do come; -~> It - ; haying>been' reported that they were coming this^"morning, the Jformanby Rifles and Cavalry, also the Hawera forces have been on' the' alerfc.; Men must be put on pay,- The Maoris can play-a game of humbug for Tears. Opinions arede- | Tided as to whether the, Maoris will plough to-morrow, but if a bold chief ' Uke Tei' Iki ' i offers to lead, they will come ; otherwise T doubt very much if they will. ' -Tifo Kovpirn knows a thing worth, two of coming himself! I : don't think - mattew look worsie. Th e: Maoris will rome unarmed if at all. They are only trying to revife the bouncing spirit. J , _ . •:'■■• ' ' .' Wiremu Mania jiist oalle'dtp see me. Efe eajra ht Cj9tt't majcehend ortaU.of this DJou^b,

ing nonsence; His young fellows have 'got the bit m their m their mouths. He does » not anticipiteany war troubles. He laughed at Tatuati being, caught. He thinks T« Whiti want* to bring the G-overnmerit to the scrataib^and finally settle matters peaceably and m order. ■ -.-^ '■■■ ".. July 3. .. Ploughing*!* again postponed for another day. Tbe'.JVliorii seem to appreciate th« fun. of pjiMting : a pakeha m suspense. \ Mr. Cameron living a mileand a half from Hawera, inland, was threatened and warned \ by the well- known bully named Takorangi, of Ketionitea,jin^ adjacent jsmalt settlement . Calfierbh: has ;sent' rv lStjßeM' r to 'ffii authorities. .■ ;; . : ■■'. ■;.„.? . J ...'■ ; This Maori should be arrested at once. He baa long been a source of anxiety, to settlers, and now m these anxious times his bounce is unbearable. It would say* much futher trouble if he were at once arvested. .".-'-..-^ -,- There is great indignation at a reliable report that men; are not.to be , em ployed ntpon the railway works immediately this and i etcnare. The Government, pro- * ! mised defintely that irien' «novtd be* it ones employed. The eighty menfrbfo Taranaki way have not yet arrived: So much 'for Government promises. Our main chance for pence rests: oh putting on a bold front. If that be kept up I have no anxiety but that the Maoris wUI-irei&iuejftht-lwptbasnes*.' of armed rebeUion. . .: , Nbjv .^Lxxovrn, June £o. The Natives /arrested., for ploughing Courtney's land ".are ;to tie, brought before the Resident 'Magistrates to-morrow under - the Malicious Injury to Property Act,, 1867, and tried;, If cbiivicted they-will at once be sent to. another part of "the 1 Colony to serve their sentence. The men nr**jfc^d~ into two sections m the goal, and af^iepa-. iated from the other prisoners. The young men do! not seem to mind the punishment, but the old -Native* are very sullen. One ' of the young Natives when asked what he thought of his position laughingly replied. " We expected to be taken up the first day we ploughed." Ah old Native: said, "We are only the branches, we are following To Whiti's orders ; ;why , do. you not fake the ti'unk of the tree;?' To this:remark the old man go* the answer that we intended : to. lop the branches at; first,, and take the trunk afterwards. ' " Mr. C. Messenger and Mr. John Kelly have written to the Td:*nahi ing the slanders that Jiaye been circulated about them. John Kelly says :—" Nothing took place between myself *and Te Whiti . dviring my visit to Parihaka to justify- the lying rumoura that has been circulated about me. ' . ' " ' ■' ' " ' '-''.'- Th'e Maoris assembled to the number of 25 on Mr. Courtney's hind yesterday morn.-, ma;. 'Major Tuke proceeded to Oakura afr. ■ iioon, and we ' believe it was ' his intention, ;to arrest the 2i*ttv*s, and ■ bring them fto, the lock-up at New Plymouth; but on bia arrival at the spot the Natives had disappeared. .'■ • This morning, the Maoris ogam put m. an nppearanre. when 17 ;were arrested, by Major Tuke, brought into, -town and placed m the gaol. \ '.'' Tlie Herald'?, Carlyle correspondent tele-^ gftpiis— -It was reported here yesterday that •60 Maori ploughm.en passed Opunake on Sntiirdoy -fjr Mawhitiwhiti, haying been, commissioned by Te-Whiti to continuo the plougbing on the south side of the Waingofagoro river, and hot to be afraid, as, if they were taken prisoners, he 1 would follow up and continue the work until all the words of Te Whiti had been fulfilled, and the land everywhere had been ploughed by the Maoris. The men who had been told 1 to plough belong to,, the Ngatiruanut tribe. .Yesterday, a party of Natives tit Waitam who were conveying a . plough^in a bullock dnvr, instead .of. keeping oh the road, crossed Mr^, T. Elliot's /property, 'levelling th% "ditfti and bank fencewith spades they had with- them for the purpose. Mr^. John 'Elliot tried to dissuade them from doing so, but without : avail; This morning, Mr. Elliot saw TePatu, the leader of the party, and asked him to repair thedamage the Natives had done. Te' Patu replied that- h« would repair the fence when it was conve-, . nient for him to do so;; that the land was ' his, and did not belong to. Mr. Elliot, and that it hat! been stolen from him. Mr^ Elliot has since received notice from the Natives that they intend ploughing hia land to-day or tn-raorrow. • :'■ . .-?■■' t lt was reported m town this .morning that the Natives between Opunake -and Parihaka were very sullen, and were arming themselves. ■ . ThtSerald's special correspondent who went to 1 Parihaka at the last" meeting fur-, nislies the second speech, -of, Te ; Whiti, im .which that [Chief says — " Come then all you that are heavily 4aden, corner nndi eafr of tuis heavenly fruit, and, l ; will give .'you rest., The Gentiles think this is all past and :a different state of things exist on the fac#> of the iearth at the present. Do not deceive yourselves. Thp 1 Scriptures are stilL. m force, for God has given power '"-to hi* two witnesses, nnd if any man hurt them, fire r will proceed .out of their mouths and slay them, and when they have finished testimony, the beast (the Government) 'that ascended out of the bottomless, pit shall make war against them and: kill 1 them, and th eir bodies shaUbei exposed for three .and* a half days ;. then the spirit of .God will . enter into them, and the' will ascend into Heaven. This time, is fast approaching; watoh v there|ore, and: pray, that ; ye enternot into temptation." ; ■>■■'.•.■ /The Natives brought m from Tapuae* are very : quiet over the affairs. They will not speak, and are inclined to be sullen. July 2. .The Native plbnghers were trough from the gaol akabont eleven o'clock,, and 'marched through the town between a. large escort of police to the Cpurt-hou.se. "The, Crown Prosecutor is; prosecuting thejaJtaKd?^the indictment is nay» being read tcTtßeW^