ADVERSE NATIVE MOVMEN

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 1, 12 May 1863, Page 2

ADVERSE NATIVE MOVMEN

(From Taranaki Herald^ 25th Apri The Native gathering at Waiwaki on Saturday last dispersed rather ruptly in the afternoon, after an in change of presents, the New Plymo natives giving their northern friem large quantity of flour, sugar, blank print dresses, &c, in return for cattle, pigs, potatoes, &c. The in change was made in the usual mai amongst the Maoris, and nothing ther was done. The reason stated the natives for the sudden breaking of the meeting was that they had heard that Waikato was on the i down, and had arrived as fir as Moi As many of those present were fi the country to the north of Wait they naturally wished to get hom< quickly as possible. We hate hi nothing more of this supposed tau yet. . . Things are still in same uncertain state as when we' wrote. The Taranakis have < made one move this week that we 1 heard of, we will leave our reader! divine the meaning of it lest we shi ba called alarmists. There bent* n-ow no bridge over the Tuapae, the crossing being, therefore, diffii from the abrupt nature of the bank party of soldiers had been detaile shave them down a little, and to d little macadamising on each side, the latter purpose a quantity of st had been collected from the' bed of river, and put in heaps on the ba The natives heard of what had b done, and on Sunday night or Mon morning, thirty of them, headed, i said, by Parenga Kingi, came up threw all the stones back in the p where it now lies. We hear already *hat the cargo, fa have been applied for to carry firew down to the Tataraimaka carap,\ ai is probable they will be wanted be the winter is out, if the road i3 no be mended. The natives are offering almost crediable prices for powder and ci even irousand is in some deman small sample of this mineral, aboi pound, having been sold by some yo rascals. We hear that a native Meina, alias Big Jack), of Haurai who has been trying hard to buy g powder in town, has gone south wi large sum of money. It is to be ho that the authorities at Wanganui Wellington, and even at Nelson the further southern ports, will be i lant, as it is quite possible this man go a long distance in the hope of get ammunition. The General and the hon. Mr. left for Auckland in the Airedali Wednesday, and a detachment of 65th regiment left for Auckland in Lady Bird on Saturday evening, are informed that the remainder of 65th here will be discharged and be< military settlers. The same coursf be adopted in Auckland, so that the officers and a skeleton of the i ment (about 300) will leave for land.