WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3515, 1 April 1880, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

This day.

At a public meeting re the West Coast Bailway, the resolutions already telegraphed were carried unanimously. William Bowden, a bailiff, was arrested this morning on a charge of indecently assaulting Ellen Syraes. Charles Martin, of the Albion Hotel, was fined £5 for selling liquor after hours. . The petition of Licensed Victuallers lately presented to the City Council re sly gr°g selling, has been forwarded to the police with a request that they will take action in the matter. March 80. The Position on the West Coast. .Native news from the West Coast of this Island continues to be thoroughly favorable The canard as to Te Wfaiti's having declared that he abdicated in favor of Tohu, which was looked upon as tantamount to" a declaration of war, turns out o be wholly without foundation, Te Whiti declares be never said so. Tohu declares Te Whiti never said it, and the natives who attended the Parihaka meeting confirm the statements. I hear that Hone Pihama sought a special inter* view with the Premier and Mr Bryce when they were at Oeo, and assured them that if they pursued their present native policy boldly and unfalteringly, they need be under no apprehension of any resis- j tance or difficulty, but that if they halted or hesitated, then there might be danger j of opposition.. As he was once a brave' and honourable opponent in the open field, much weight is attached to this voluntary utterance on his part. Kemp and Murimotu. There seems no reason to anticipate any further native trouble at Murimota, judging from the latest advices received both by the Government and by private individuals. It is now tolerably certain that Kemp's turbulent and lawless conduct was deliberately assumed as a piece qf " bounce," and that it was directly\inspired by certain PakehaMaoris, fchose identity can be pretty shrewdly guiiiged. Hemp, while preserving a blustering and defiant demeanour iv the presence of his followers, is very •übdued aud downcast iv his oihu-

ner when conversed with privately by Europeans, and seems to feel the deprivation of his dignities and emoluments very acutely, refusing for a long time to give credence to the' intimation of his dismissal. He still retains his commission in the .New Zealand Militia, and it is understood that a hint of impending degradation unless his submission is speedily given in, has materially influenced his mind. There is very little doubt now that he will comply with the , orders of the Government and the 1 demands of his brother chiefs, and leave Murimotu, where he has created such a disturbance. It is needless to add that the story of his going to Parihaka was a mere trumped up canard.—Herald,