NATIVE MUSTER at PARIHAKA

Patea Mail, 18 April 1882, Page 2

NATIVE MUSTER at PARIHAKA

CONSTABULARY ORDERED UP.

A POLITICAL LESSON.

New Plymouth this day.—Natives began to assemble at Parihaka yesterday, with the object of holding the halfyearly meeting in defiance,of the terms of the West Coast Settlement Act. They also attempted to erect some of the buildings which had _ been pulled down: The' Constabulary were mustered at once from the other stations.

There are at present about eight hundred natives assembled at Paribaka, more than half of them having assembled there from' all quarters during the last week or so.

On the Constabulary arriving at Parihaka from other stations, the natives refrained from making any speeches, but persisted in building the whares, but these were afterwards pulled down by the Constabulary. The natives were ordered .-to ; bat they did not comply. " Some of the natives were heard several days..ago to. say that.as Bryce was gone and Grey was in place, they would hold their meeting at Parihaka. Everything wak -quiet),last "night at Parihaka; \ r. : ~; T - .- r , AFRAID OF MR BRYCE. . Wellington, afternoon.—'.Goyernment '"ha'VGTeceiveddii forma-tfon from”-Colonel Roberts that the natives'held a hurried meeting at the dawn at Parihaka yesterday. From the .Constabulary camp" several natives were heard addressing the assembly, which was estimated -at 800. natives.-. However, before any steps could be taken by Major Goring the natives dispersed. Food -. was not given out in the marae, bnt taken in whares. Mr Messenger, the Government interpreter, went into Parihaka, with a view 1 of ascertaihihg if possible what had.been done at the meeting, but was not-successful. /At 9.30 yesterday morning the natives again assembled in the marae. Sixty A.C.’s from Newell-road, and 25 from Pangarehh, were sent'for in order to be in readiness, if required. Mr Bryce telegraphed from here. ,to,Col.‘Roberts to have some whares’' in. the .neighborhood of 1 the marap pulled'dowh, :and in sticli a way that they would fall lb to marae; and also'-that all males who were strangers to Parihaka should be arrested, if in' any numbers, ;; f Twelve whares were destroyed j.ahd as soon as the alien tribes saw this they left Parihaka.; so -Col. Roberts decided not to arrest any. The. Maoris were told that the destruction of whares was 'decided ;on through their holding the meeting. Mr Messenger wisited Parihaka again •hiring'the nfternoohj 'and was satisfied that a meeting had- taken place ; and he. was informed that it was in consequence of Mr Bryce’being out of office that the meeting had been held.’ . !

Telegrams this morning say everything is quiet. No sign of another meeting, but the natives are sullen. They have taken away the goods removed from the whafes which .had been destroyed. Scab in Auckland. Auckland.—Scab is becoming prevalent in sheep in districts north of Auckland, and at Pukekohe. COAST RAILWAY SHARES. ■ Wellington; this day.—£27;ooo worth' of shares in excess of the amount available for allotment in the colony have been applied for in the Wellington-to-Manawalu railway company. Shameful Outrage. Wellington.—At Greytown last evening a brutal assault with rape was committed on a school girl, 12 years of age. The miscreant was captured this morning.: ■ ; • . European News. (Sydney Morning Herald Specials.) ' \ Irish. Affairs. London, Bth.—The Spectator publishes an article advocating the release of the suspects who have been imprisoned in Ireland under the Coercion Act for political offences. Special tribunals have, been appointed to deal with offenders brought to trial for agrarian crimes in Ireland. Peril to the Czar. The police authorities advise that the approaching Woronatibn -of the Czar should take place elsewhere than in Moscow, inasmuch as that they arc despairing of their efforts to prevent ay outrage V ■ x. f i French Action. T April 9th.4-Thp French;, gnnbhats have bombarded Neuguine, on the Gold Coast of Africa, in punishment for the recent massacre of French traders there. The port has been blockaded by the French, and trading Europeans haveprotested against this action. Death of an Irish Poet. The death is announced of Denis Florence McCarty, .Irish poet, aged 62 years. ? ? r jEgyptian Finance.- - ? s An agreement Las been arrived at between the European Powers for modifying clauses of the Egyptian organic law relating to Imperial financial control. Turkey has not been consulted. Terrible Weather. ■■ **- New York, 8 th.—Very severe weather has been experienced over the whole of the United States, and destructive cyclones are;: reported in Kansas and Michigan. Several persons were killed and 1 a large amount' of . property destroyed. . . , . ..v v : ■ - . ; at Tunis. * Paris; ■ revived, frbm 'Tunis of a sanguinary engagement, between the French.troops and,, levies i; of. insurgents, lead by Bon Aninai- Thetdatter were ! completely annihilated; but Bon Anina himself succeeded in making his escape, ' T ‘Gojetta,, Bth.-r—A large number of Tunisian insurgents have , crossed the. frontier and taken refuge in Tripoli. Russian on' Jews. St. Petersburg, 9th.—Attacks on Jews in Russia have recommenced, and some terrible; scenes were; enacted at Atkherson; : where : the peasants denaolished fOO houses and destroyed a considerable amount, of property of Jewish residents. : Rent : ‘ Agitation r in Scotland • , London, f iOth.—The “no rent ” agitat.iofi.in the highlandSj Of Scotland is spreading.. A- process server in: the Isle of Skye has been, maltreated, and his dbbmberits burned. . ' Irish Demonstration, against M.F’s. A demonstration has taken place in Dublin; at. which those :members who .voted for cloture were denounced.