A BAD LOOK-OUT.

Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 429, 28 May 1879, Page 2

A BAD LOOK-OUT.

O' The following telegrams from New Plymouth, and which appeared in yesterday’s Wanganui Chronicle , are anything but cheerful: New Plymouth, May 26. A native, who attended the last Parihaka meeting, reports that Te Whiti invited all outside natives to take shelter with him immediately,'as there is going to be a tremendous earthquake, which will destroy all who do not seek his protection. A party of seven or eight natives went on to Mr CaverhiU’s. land at Oakura yesterday afternoon and began ploughing it up. They-had I ?four-bullock ploughs. Te Nomo, nephew of the celebrated Wirimu Kingi, and Tukino, were in command of the, party, When the natives were asked why they ; were there, they stated that they were under orders from Te Whiti, who told them to go and occupy all the confiscated lands, as the Europeans were now their slaves. The natives stated that all the confiscated lands in Waitara and other places would be occupied. Later. A settler from Oakura, who has just arrived in town, says, that the natives warned him to leave the place at once. He says they showed a knife to the children and frightened them. The Oakura settlers are talking of coming in, and there is an uneasy feeling in town respecting the affair. The fact of the natives coming on to land which Europeans occupy looks very serious. At a meeting of Magistrates held this morning, to consider what, steps should be taken about native outrages, they decided to inform the Government of the serious consequences which might ensue if the matter was not promptly dealt with. Two other settlers in the Oakura district have received notice to clear off their land. Tate and Elliot, of Waitara, have received notice that their land will be ploughed to-morrow. Groemvay, a farmer at Okato, has just arrived in town for a conveyance to bring in his family. He says that two Maoris called and ordered him to leave, one of them exhibiting a large knife. It is reported in town that Te Whiti is at the bottom of the trouble, ho having told the Maoris to scatter themselves all over the land. Great anxiety is fell in town, and the Maoris say that they will shortly visit New Plymouth.

The Natives have 4 -ordered William Bayly ofi‘ his land at Stoney River, and have sent to Te Whiti to know whether they shall plough the land of Captain Mace or Mr Rooney. It is stated that if they go on the land of either of these settlers the law will be taken into their own hands; that the plough will be seized ; and the natives arrested for trespassing. Matters arc looking serious. The natives arc turning sulky. said that the natives at Waitara and Urenui will plough up the farms of the settlers.