NEW PLYMOUTH.
Yesterday.
The Herald published a detailed account of a visit; to Te Whiti, by Mrs Bartlett, of the Opunake Hotel. She received quite an ovation from the Maories, and Te Whiti supplied her with an interpreter, and had a long korero with her. He said she had nothing to fear, he was the father of them ail in that distiict, and he wished to live at peace with the Europeans, and' she (Mrs Bartlett) was the first white woman who had come to Parihaka and he was very pleased to see her there, and if she wanted anything she had but to let him know. Te Whiti then asked her if she had seen the prisoners when in Wellington. She replied and answered all his questions very fully. • He said there would be no fear of any fighting taking place, for the Europeans and natives were to lire peaceably together. The English he knew, were a very strong people, much stronger than the Maories, and could crush the Maories to the ground if they chose but he knew they would not do so.
A Mr Gordon, who was present with the party, asked if he would permit of his portrait beiue; taken, but Te Whiti positively refused.
Id reply to questions put to Te Whiti, he said that he would like to see the Governor if he would visit him in an unofficial manner, but he would not ask him to come, he must come of his own accord. He wished to be friendly with the Europeans, they did not want to fight with them. The only difficulty was about the land, but that could be settled with their tongues.
The news that Mohi Tawbai had re* signed his appointment on the Eoyal Commission re native affairs has been received witu'rejoicing by the natives, to whose mind it confirms the opinions that Commission and the forcible taking of the Plains are incompatible. The effect is likely to be to make Te Whiti more influential and the natives generally more stubborn than before.
The rumour is about that there is to be, in the course of a few days, a great native gathering at Oeo, a place some six miles south of Opunake,
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3464, 31 January 1880, Page 2
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374NEW PLYMOUTH. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3464, 31 January 1880, Page 2
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