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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1300, 24 March 1883, Page 4

During the visit of the Maori King to Wairaripa a number of Europeans, including several ladies, drove out to Te Ore Ore to see his Majesty, and. after sundry enquiries, they were vaguely informed that'royalty was suffering “an eclipse. ” The local Star adds : —At length a suspicious heap of shawls and blankets that lay next a fence began to show signs of animation. Then a black head was seen protruding, and finally the much tatooed features of Tawhaio came in view. He was almost in a state of nudity, and as he rose leisurely and learned despairingly against the fence, it became evident that he was in a helpless state of intoxication, A rotund old Maori woman, taking pity on his woe-begone attitude, preferred her back to him, and Tawhaio, after several efforts, got his arms round her neck and his logs astraddle round her waist. In this unkingly state he was carried several yards towards a whare when the beast of burden broke down, and king aug wahine rolled incontinently in the dust. For a time Tawhaio stuck resolutely to his seat, but after a few desparate kicks and plunges the old lady managed to wriggle out of hie clutches. A sense of modesty induced some of his followers to throw some rags over the fallen monarch, and whenthe visitors left he was snoring in the open air under the shade of a gaudy sun-bonnet. Commenting on the visit of Mr Redmond to Sydney, the “Daily Telegralip" says i—- “ What guarantee have we that he has not Inviting us to contribute to what is literally a murder fund 7 He may be sincere enough in what he seeks, and earnest in his desire to • save his bleeding country,’ but if he is the tool of such ruffians as Carey and Kavanagh, of what use is he sincerity or his patriotism 7 We do not know, and certainly Mr Redmond ean give us no guarantee, that the funds he collects will not be devoted to the maintenance of a ‘murder committee.’ If Mr Redmond thinks he is coming out to these colonies to stir up strife and rebellion he will find that hie mission will prove a miserable failure. Queen Victoria has no more loyal subjects iu auy part of her wide dominions that in the Australian colonies and should be more than surprised if any itinerant preacher of sedition had the power to turn them from their allegiauee or to cajole them into assisting an organisation which, if it has no other and more unworthy object is certainly designed to undermine and destroy the law.