The Maori King and Kawhia.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4606, 9 October 1883, Page 2

The Maori King and Kawhia.

[By Telegbaph.] (fbom oxjb own coeeespondent.) Auckland, This day. . The Herald's Wellingtod correspondent says re the Kawhia affair, that Tawhaio distinctly admits that he understands that his improper act, in destroying the hdacons, has been the means of bringing down the Constabulary upon him, and getting a station established in his close vicinity. The next step will be to connect Kawhia with the rest of the colony by telegraph. It is not yet determined by which route this shall be done, but as the Alexandra route is ten miles nearer than the Raglan route, the former will most likely be selected, provided a practicable pass can be found through the high range lying between Kawhia and Alexandra. Tawhaio was anxious to have a discussion with Mr Bryco about roadß and Surveys, before they parted, but the Minister, for reasons of policy, deemed it advisable to defer this till a later date. Tawhaio talks in a very rambling way on the subject—leaving it uncertain whether he objects to roads per se, or only to their being made , without his consent; but his influence is dwindling away fast, and this last affair has done much to further his downward course; he is said to feel deeply ashamed of his act, now that it has been put before him in its true light, and he evidently considers himself degraded in the eyes of both Europeans and his own people by what he has done. It is believed that, for exemplary reasons, warrrants would have been issued against the perpetrators but for past experience in the case of Mahuki i and his fellow criminals, who were let off with such outrageously light sentences, after robbery and their shameful ill« treatment of Mr Hursthouse and other surveyors. _ •