LATEST FROM THE FRONT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 280, 24 November 1881, Page 2

LATEST FROM THE FRONT

(From our Special Correspondent.)

PuNGAKEHtr, Wednesday afternoon. I haye just visited Parihaka. All is quiet. The site for the new camp ia being prepared, but though nice to the eye it is not a healthy spot. I mentioned that Titoko Waru would ba bound over to keep the peace, and, should sureties be forthcoming, other charges will be preferred, as in his present mood his release would be fraught with danger to tbe eeltlers. Rangi will be detained under the West Coast Settlement Act as he is a fanatic and Te Whiti's ehief supporter. The Maoris io threes will be allowed to return for stores by passes, those from the South signed by. Hone Pihana and an officer at Opunake ; from the North by Tabana and Mr Sennell, and from the 1 central Hapus by Hokerangi and an officer at / Wangarehu. The pasaes must state on the | face the object of the visit. One .hundred A.C's. under Captain Gudgeon marched for Opunake eh route for Mar »ia ?; also .escorting the spare ammunition The" new road will i be pushed on when the troops' r a*«f settled. Te Whetu was liberated yesterday; I f«ar i the result of such a man being at liberty at ! present. . . , : ,;. ,-:-v[ !

Thursday morning. The. post at Rahotu was dismantled to-day and the head quarters are to be at Opnnake. It wonld be well to keep" Rahotu both to watch the Ngariaka and Pungarere Natives, and to keep the road open. Many, natives at New Plymouth and Waitara have taken to fishing. Provisions arc not so scarce as was prognosticated, Urenu'i being the only poor, locality. The native's: at'', Punehu Motu's place complain of their treatment re arms-. They say they have always been peaceful, and if asked for' their asms would have given tkem up instead of their doors being .broken . in,' and places searcked. Eratua stated that Mr Parris visited the pah on Tuesday and told tbe natives the land would be cut up into alternate Native and European blocks, lam told that no alteration of reserves will be made until the next meeting of the Cabinet, probably not until after the elections, and Mr Parris was scarcely authorised to make such a statement to men wko have always been quiet. The memorable paddock at Pungarehu is now in potatoes, but the native guards having been removed, cattle and horaeslare constantly in. It is a great pity to destrey. good crops. The A.C's could now easily fence both sides of the road in a few days, and prevent such wanton waste. Only three companies of A.C's will remain at Parihaka. The remainder are road making from there to Manaia, and cutting tho Stratford-Opunate line. Capt. Davidson and his Cavalry have just marched for home also a reinforcement of A.C'fl for Pukearuhe amd Oakura.