THE NATIVE DISTURBANCES IN THE NORTH.

Temuka Leader, Issue 166, 2 August 1879, Page 2

THE NATIVE DISTURBANCES IN THE NORTH.

Wellington, July 30. A corespondent of'the ' Taranaki licrahj/ who. was present at the last Native meeting at Parihaka, furnishes the following; particulars : —Te Whiti is evidently watching and keeping in b tckgrdund. At present he has no new scheme, and apparently wishes matters to settle down for soma time. He says the present Ministry cannot stand long, but declines to give his reasons for saying so. He is very silent as trj>his own actions. The following, the utterances of the Prophet at the meeting are, as near as I can give them. Te Whiti said : The spirit hath entered into Te Bangi Paraliaho, the chief man among the prisoners, who is talking night andday.jjThis is the only instance on record, froinjthe time of Ac am up to the present day, where a leader has voluntarily given up his followers to imprisonment. The number should have been 120. Number of boys and old men were rejected, which brought the number down to 109. These people now belong to the holy army of martyrs, and their reward will be a crown of glory. Te Whiti then proceeded to make plain to his followers from Scriptural quotations the reason of his peop e's imprisonment, saying that when they, the two witnesses of Te Whiti and Tohu, have finished their triumph, the beast (Sir George Grey) shall make war against them, and overcome them. He then proceeded to say that in August and September the pakeha will come to Parihaka in large numbers. They will flow into the place like water, and bring food for the people. "When the G overnment see large numbers of pakehas, they will release the prisoners and come with them, accompanied by a large force. Then the Governor and Te Whiti will meet face to face, and war together with the tongue. The Governor will be surprised at the audacity of Te Whiti. His indignation will exceed all bounds, and in a passion he will draw his sword and smite Te Whiti to the earth. The Government of the earth have built up a structure that exists only by the power of money. The head of the Queen is honoured in propoition . to the pomps and vanities of her immediate attendants; their governors all hold out their hands for their wages, without which their patriotism would shrivel up. The Legislature and Magistrates, the police, etc., make laws and put them in force at so much per day ; from the highest to the lowest money is the motive force. Strike away this prop and the confusion that would result could only be compared to that which ensued at the building of the Tower of Babel. " I have built up my power uy the force of my will ; worldly considerations affect my lowers. They arc disinterested ; they are superior to the power of money, their thoughts are raised above earthly - cares to soar in the realms of bliss. Their hearts are things purified in anti cipation of a great day that is at hand. I have a uniform and distinct path that I travel continuously. Peace and good will to men is the password, and the wayfarers are clothed in love and charity. The end of the journey to those who enter on it is joy everlasting.'' He then denounced tho and portrayed i;i Lil.Aviiig colours the great reward that awaited the true and enduring beliew rs, who were martyrs to the

good cause, for which he hud 1 ■ - cupon the earth to see carried cut. .C the Natives that were present w • evident]j greatly influenced by d < speech, and if there were any waver-r.' amongst them they came from the im cling stronger believers in Te Whitdt power than ever. _ The Natives are bringing into town land to Waitara all the boilers and camp ovens they can get, and, on being questioned as to why they wanted so many, they reply that presently the Pakehas will be at Parihaka and le Whiti must get new pots to cook food, for the P-akohas like food clean. The Pakehas by-and-by will be like the Maoris at Port Nicholson, and we have to get food for them. The Natives are also buying quantities of food for the same purpose. It is thought from the words in Te Widths speech that he intends to seize some of the Europeans and hold them as hostages ; in fact, copying us in our action and scoring a point in time. The steamer Hinemoa arrived here at 5 o’clock this evening, with 71 Maori prisoners who were ploughing. The whole of the Natives were placed in the fore-hold of the vessel, and were guarded by a large body of Armed Constabulary. Immediately on arrival 25 of the prisoners, who had been convicted and ordered to be sent to Wellington, were placed on a large ’bus drawn by four horses, and driven to the Barracks. The remaining prisoners were left on board, and will br sent to Port Chalmers in the Hinemoa, During the passage, which was a very rough one, the Natives were very quite and obidient.