THE AUSTRALAIAN WEST UNKNOWN.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 267, 26 May 1888, Page 6

THE AUSTRALAIAN WEST UNKNOWN.

The ( oiili i. mm was ui-.c_;ed alteinoor ,ui<! < \t nmu in di-M\- nu Tonuan a(lau\t tin (Ntiiiiiu -*ut m^ an ,nn< udinenl \\amowd b\ the l!o\ Mi I )!' hell ad\oe,iting (lie UM'.iil vi tin l>\\. Mi MiMilton and the appointment ot <i i oimuiltee to -upi i\ l-e Tod-. id ill. in-. In tlit c.nn-e n| On debate KUi il -piakeis leiletted se\eiely upon tin- condm I oi Mr Shn le\ li.iUn and the Ke\. Jain/ Watkm, w ho receded to the I'm' Chun li T!u i Ko\. Di. Watkm, biothci oi the la lum , t lit i lid u | inn .i was in drh nco i>t his aetiou and levelled amm ie- ot aeeu-ations ;mam-t Mi Mmiltoti, cliai^m^ him with has him mii -t d King (ieoiue ut Tonga, wliu-f -<vi at tlu rune dird ami lu>-~o <4iand-nn Hii- -ulleimu a m % \oic ill in-. iMumu tin' IviuuV dl»tLC•^^ J he s.nd. Mi Moulton went to him and -,n«l. '' IV/mli. thon ha-t lou<;hed the (ihetnatle \ n\\\ -oi\ i- dead: wuu Uiand-un i- d)inu aUo. Ho I hit Mi l!,iko lectMsed a Icit'M 1 iiom the di-aikilid I'u'iui'-t 1 .iddi e->-ril lolhe< v )neen a Mm: for l>i iti-li mtiM Science, but m\ci toM\aidtd it. lie instil hiithei ih.it the T.mu.in Pice ( lunch «,b '-(.ill Melhoili-( an-! (Im( it w«- due to the Ue\. Jabe/ W.itkin. It wa^a h\e chinch, and Mi \\ .U km s nanie would Ine \\lioii !u^ del i.ietoi ■> w t ie loi gotten. The nicotine uiM^-ttd on Mi Moulfon hi niii Iteaid in iepl\ He did and denied the statement about, cuii-in^ Kin^ (leoi^c The ivcv .lohn Wat^lmd spoke at Himo length, attei which the C'onteieme ad |(»iu nm\. The debate on ( he Touuau difficulty «(b eontmuedon the follow in- day, and was concluded l>\ a conipiumM' (o all paitu-i "ii the Ke\. IM l Moulton htatini; his wilhuoiH-- to icUre fiom Toni-a, pio\ided t.he l!e\. <.'co Brown ,wh appointed ln\ sue(e>M)i. The piopo-al ua- agieed to. The lfe\. <ieo. I/me, on hchalt ot the New South \\ale-( onto ence, accepted the compjomisc, uliich wa-> adopted without luil hoi debate The llc\. <;eo. Brown will iheictnio loa\c tor Ton»a, with instructions to lepoit. on the best means of secuiinoan hououiablc and lasting union with the l (1 reo C'huieh. The amendment, h) the Ke\ . W . 11. Fitehelt, which was ( ai ned, recognises the loyalty and lidelayot the Rev. Mr iMoulton, and sympathiser, with him on account of the tiials and unjust, accusations to which he had been exposed The amendment ateo appio\e>of l-ho vc<\m^l "hich ho prefers to t-hc New South \Vales Coideiencc to be allowed to de\otc himself to liteiary work in the shape of tian-lations connected with a work on Ton^a : that the Row (icoiuo Urown bo sent to r J\mp.i j^ the comini^ionci- of (his (ienoial C'ont««ier»co to iiKjuiio and report upon the boat _ means ot seeurinft an honoiuable and lasting reunion with the Kicc Cluu eh ot Tonga, and j to gonorally (haw up a scheme tor a por- ' mancnt settlement ot aflaiis there, such i icport to be .submitted to a committee to be uiveu the charge ot Ton»an alhiirs, and through it, with any moditieation doomed necet-saiy, to the next annual eonfeieneo. A committee was appointed 1.0 draw up dotailed instructions tor the .wmmissiuiicr. Permission wa.s w the Kcv. Mr iMoulton to leave the conference, that, ho may icluni to Ton«;.i l>y the Lubeek, leaving Sydney on Thursday.;