THE NATIVE DIFFICULTY.
SECOND EDITION
[By Telegraph.] New. Plymouth, Sept. 24. The Native Minister, Colonel Roberts, and Mr ' Parris were .expepted to arrive at Pungarehu at noon to-day. They will not visit Parihaka. The natives come down every morning as usual to fence, and it is probable the Native Minister will have an opportunity nf watching their proceedings. Te Whiti gave a strong lecture to some of bis impulsive young men the other evening. They were preparing a surprise on the Camp, and Te Whiti hearing of it sent for them and addressed them as follows :—“ If you kill five palcehas, they will get ten to fill their place, hut if five Maoris are killed there are none to fill their place. The Maoris are hemmed in on every side by Europeans, and if you fight and kill all the iren in the Camp hundreds of Europeans will come and take their places; the result is that you will be killed and the pakehas will have all the land.” The young men were influenced by Te Whiti’s words and did not make the raid they intended. Last evening Te Witire, of Mokau, had an interview with the Native Minister with reference to the opening of the Mokau block.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2656, 24 September 1881, Page 3
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208THE NATIVE DIFFICULTY. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2656, 24 September 1881, Page 3
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