LATEST FROM THE FRONT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 270, 12 November 1881, Page 2

LATEST FROM THE FRONT

(From our Special Correspondents.) PrxGAUEiitr, Satm- lay, 935 a.m. La ;t> yesterday morning ODly the three prisoners nt Pi.--eare.iu and in. seven in c.arge at P.rih.k. had been taken. In ths afit-rnocr- tho A C 'a paraded for further business rtr.i'l marched into the village. The object was so identify the Wanganui men 'i'ed a few others v=hc were specially required. Mr Bryce directed ths nrcccen'ngs and Col .lohcrts a£*cor__t-a.:fcd the «earch party. I .verity-seven p, issuers were made and as they were kien-jfi-d they rose and were passed to the pi-, kc t v>htre they vrere lodged m a .bare und.r Cipsain Morrison. No resistance was ciFrrrt-d, but tiiov did n-»t move until actually identified Those who hive so fer been taken \c-Uj include Te >•* hetu who, it -a ill be reiiKsr, hired, v.aß the firs; srrestei f.r fencing last year. He lelontr- to Pan'): .kn, but was removed for making a speech yesterday urging the natives to br. firm and not give in ; Kingi Ivohere is an old chief and, with Tiim-.hom.e, was Te Whiti's confidant. The latter directed the cttack on cur troop 3on Sentry Hii! in the war. Usher, and Takangi are Wanganui chiefs, and Ngabika, of Hawera, a^ Ng.iiranui. Mr Bijce intends sending Te Whiti and Tobu away as Boon es he can spare mon for the escort from the front. An order has been issued stopping any kave to Volunteers for some time. This will be hard on mauy, especially en those v. hose the* ion contests are near, but it cannot be av.idtd. Five W_ngaaui men -.rill be alkwc-d to leave vith their drays and eoo-'s if thc-y wili, but go they must, 'littko Wani h. s not spr. ken since his arrest. The T.r.r.ki Mourttd 1.;f1.-s receiyed an order to-day to pativl. and were ready and ftway very smartly. They galloped towards Opurake, and starched all the wharea for aliout tine milis, returning at 8 o'clock, having .r-v.sd 3:i puns an.l rifles. Major Tt.'ke AC, Fccompai-cif-d them, and had a mia-y f.ll ov. ing to his hor.*-:e coming down. This trcon is coir g g< od service, and doing it. -.til. The tro: j., ra-;: in good spirits and order. The Volunteers are getting plenty of drill. I saw tho Wellington and Canterbury Contingents hard at it yesterday for two hours. Thty were played to and from Parihaka by the Baud of the Wellington Guards, the only Volunteer Band here. Te Whiti, Tohu, and Hiroki left for New Plymouth at . o'clcck this morning under escort cf the TaraDiiki Cavalry. IxAHOTU, Friday, 126 p.m. A great many mj.^s w . re niade yester- <■-.}■, a d lho C.iV'U'.'Aihsry are again engaged i.r. a sic.ci ;.r duty ibir, uAmi-.-g. The Volunrerjs bye to cc; fiee. .i-,tu atu niio<:3 to drill :-:.o c mp work w* ;eh they do moit assiuu...iy. All are we-!i. [Presa Association Special Con espon dent.] Punoabeuu, Saturday 9 a.m. Te Whiti, Tohu, ..d Hiroki were sen.

from here to New Plymouth in a CJovernment trap half ah ho_t before daylight Twenty-one of the New Plymouth Mounted Rifles acted a. escort, The other prisons are still »t Faribaka. Tha total of arms tp ._-n from Parihaka and other p .hs in the neighbourhood is 388 stand. 12 58 p.m. Twenty eight prisoners were taken this morning, principally men belongirg te the Wanganui district. l p.m. 'ihe arresting party have just been paraded and more prisoners are to be rrrested tbi3 afternoon, The natives have cocue to the determination to squat in »*_•_. until all bave been arrested. Te Wbiti bad an interview with bis aon (who is one of the guard watching the fence near here) before leaving , tbis morning. Tte Is c. w«3 a*!.ect€d '' and cried Mtterly a/i? c Whiti was baiag la_e_ away.