NATIVE TROUBLES FEARED.
The recent speeches of Te Whiti and Tohu seem to have caused no little excitement in the North Island, and the authorities themselves plainly _ fear that there is some real meaning in the threatening tone of the Parihata prophets. The “Lyttelton limes correspondent at Wellington, telegraphed last night;— The Government are enlisting all who offer them,pelves for the Armed Constabulary. Usually the minimum standard height is sft Sin. This standard is _ now dispensed with, and any man with a good character is accepted. To day fourteen men were swore in, and were at once put to drill. In anticipation of further recruits being enlisted to the Constabulary, uniforms are being made ’ as fast as the tailor can turn them out.
To-day the Constabulary officers drew out of the militia stores all the revolvers available. Recruiting is also going on at Auckland and the Thames. The position is altogether very serious. / [By Telegraph,] New Plymouth, Sept. 20. Everything is quiet at Pungarehu to-day/ The Constabulary are maintaining a strict watch upon actions of the natives, but there is no sign of any disturbance. The natives have not even come down as usual to fence. The natives at Parihaka are very sullen, and evidently desire no intercourse with Europeans. They keep their own counsel, and will not even allude to Te Whiti’s in any way. They thoroughly believe it is now time to leave off talking and commence action. Only a small number of the Maori men have left Parihaka, although a number of women have gone home to their settlements.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2652, 20 September 1881, Page 3
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262NATIVE TROUBLES FEARED. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2652, 20 September 1881, Page 3
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