NATIVE INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 23 July 1880, Page 2

NATIVE INTELLIGENCE.

(by telegraph.) New Plymouth, July 22. Ten more, natives have been arrested and sent into town from the camp. The natives about Parihaka say they intend to continue fencing for ten days, and fully expect' to be-arrested. 'On Tuesday morning "the natives wera seen on the hillocks overlooking the road near the campj evidently on the' look-out to see if the prisoners were taken to town. The natives about Parihaka .'are continuing "their * planting and fencing as usual; and argument is wasted on' them. They; say that Christ was crucified and the prophets persecuted, and so iti. is. with them,; 51 ; The Urenui correspondent of the Herald says the natives in that district are not Dropping much this season, being un» settled, and are likely to be so so long as Te Whiti-ism exists. July 23. Ten native prisoners were brought into town last night and put into gaol. They were arrested in three different parties—two on Tuesday, four on Wednesday, and four yesterday. They made no resistance. The prisoners state that Te "Whiti intends sending four men every day to erect the fencing. The prisoners brought into town §.re not all Taranaki men —two being

from Waikato, two from Wanganui, three Ngatiawas, and three from Taranaki. The road from New Plymouth to the camp is now open for cart traffic. This is three miles past Parihaka. After the first natives were arrested there was a meeting at Parihaka, at which 400 natives were present. The natives all wanted to go in a body and continue the fencing, but Te Whiti prevented them. Wellington, July 22. The Hinemoa, with a detachment, left this evening for New Plymouth. It' is understood she is under orders to bring the natives arrested and convey them to Lyttelton to be lodged in gaol there.