PATEA.
Thursday. The surveyors have moved their camping ground today, and are now well on the plains. Everything is quiet. Titokowaru and Kokeno, who went to inform Te Whiti that the surveyors had crossed the Wsin^ongoro river, have returned. To Whiti answered that there should be no interference with the surveyors : it was the work of the Government ; blood has been spilt once on the plains, and it would be evil if blood was spilt twice on the same ground. Being asked how if the surveyors come to Pari» haka ? He said still he would not interfere, all would yet be well ; but the surveyors must not be touched. Te Ika has erected a whare ahead of the surveyors and posted a notico that they must not proceed further. They are now at that point. Te Ika, who is now at Parihaka, agrees with Te Whiti, and has done much to quieten the natives, who are somewhat sore at the survey operations. Honi Pihama was at Carlyle to-day, and said all was quiet, and there was no fear of disturbance. There is a strong feeling in Patea at the proposed removal of the land office records and draftsmen to New Plymouth, which will almost stop surveys, from the inconvenience of getting information.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2959, 9 August 1878, Page 2
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212PATEA. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2959, 9 August 1878, Page 2
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