Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1881

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue XVI, 7 November 1881, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1881

liikhk ii Eomethiiig very ccniicnl io ths report supplied by the Press Association cf j 'he proceedings at Parihuka on Satunlp.v A I lnrga srmerl force hid been gathtred frora a'l Pins of thu cdony. artl v.- A3 marched udob i tnuTi-laga where Te Whiti bas for some 1 ninniha P'-,t teen preaching sediiion, ac.i infisn.tr the rativca to sets of InwlckMUii i \\ ire the oil prophet as well a {|o;.hted Tviili ' byrou d as he evidently in with Scriptural wnurp vvo could imai-i:;o him r*ciiii,a tchw follower. 7.ilh dicp ?.athos and siguificac; gestures as the troops clcsc-d on the village those will known lines : fe rbe Assyrian cama down l»K«j the wolf on the fold, Anj his pJOr ts were gleaming whh purpic and gold, And tho sheen of their spears was like stars oi> the sea, Whfcn the blue wave rolls nightly on GG'P Galiloe." Probably, too, he really expected somesupersatarcil interrentioa on his behalf and anticipated bsiag ablo to torn to his follow ers on Saturday and pointing tnumphiantlv to his ensm;es lyicjj "distorted and pale," to say " The Acsjel of Death spread his winss on tha bla^f, An 2he brasth»d on tho face cf the fos as he pi»aed. ;> To soms such cccfiience in a Providentiil ds.:vfranee from the hands of the Goverauisat is, perhaps, owiag tha corr.ical aapect of the whols B«»jr. With bayonets fixed find belts wel! supplied with ammuitioo the mile army 1700 strong inarched on the Village and encountered—what ? First of all a bacd of merry little boys and pirla who —to their intense amus&m«nt no doubt treated thim to a vrz? dance ; next, a bevy of sniiliog ruas<jfen3 amuiing tbemselves with Buch athletic exercises as aro to be nanvol fr, m the skilful usa of th, skipping rop 9 ; then tbo ptsrlye yielding themselves up to the strong band cf :ne U# of the two principal effendera. aii'l a murderer whose capture baa f-r the last three years been impossible; and fiually f;rah of fire Wfre htaped Cn the laVHder,' heads i n th,- shape of very liberal psresea's of milk and potatoes It ia almost difficult to regard the matter ia any other than a ludicrous light, and yet it wag a serious undertaking, and the result, although so easily achieved, is one of very great importance. Some may be inclined to sneer at the extensive and cosily prepaiation wben the end arrived at was so peacefully gained, but we are tot among these We fully bslieve that it was entirely owing to the prestuco of an overpowering force that anything like a -jisturbsnee was prevented, end thit, had there been but a few armed men present, the probability ia that many hot-tempered young Maoris would bete been tempted to try conclusions with the force despatched against them. Ws caorot figreo with one of the members of the Nelson Education Board that our Volunteers are merely " cwqueradiog" at the front but rather believe that by their preseace i« 3ueh largo numbers tfeey have been tha meesas of preventing bloodnhed. What course ia now to be pursued ia not yet known, but there is rc-aion to hope, from the manner ia which tho campaign has commenced, that ere its close the Government *ill hays succeeded in putting a very eflec tnal stop to at least one disagreeable and threatening phase of tho Maori difficulty.

. concert ia to be given in the schoolroom on Wednesday evening and as there ie no lack of musical talent in the district visitors from Nelson and othar parts moy make sure of Bpendinsr a plpasant evening. The NZ. Times refe>s to the confusion that was created among the Voluntfers here by the recast cf Co!. Header's irij.jtfi. iou» telegram on the eve of their t-n.taikatjon' anrlafier quoting cur commanta upon that very ivium'icabls message s?»p; — '■ All* wdl U:?.i tv.Cm well. The Reiser; Volunteers may be congratulated on hnvicjj sens ihe h«st muster among all tha corpa of the colony, | nnd though jouis of them may hare gone under ruisapprehansion, they will feo thought none the worse of." j Mr Robert Hoddle, formerly §iirvevbi General of Victoria, ditd laa; week. Tor ihe last 2o years he had been in receipt of a pension of £1000 a year. Mksskb Sharp axd Pickering will sell by I auction to morrow the sleek iv titds of tto i iale Mr Joseph Wfebh. i i j I ! i