THE MURDERER WINIATA.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 534, 17 February 1876, Page 2

T HE MURDERER WINIATA.

Winiata is Supposed by those best competent to form an opinion on the matter, to be dtill in tbe lower Pinko country sheltered by sympathisers there among the nitives, but steps have been taken by the authorities which can hardly fail of effecting his capture. Picked natives and members of tbe Armed Constabulary ■ Force are out scouring the country, and ■ precautions have been taken 'to prevent him from getting into the back country, and bo making oft Southward, as was erroneously reported that he 'had already done. There is good reason, to which We -may not more fully allude, to believe' that he is now hiding in the locality indicated, frequency, from one night to another, changing bis place of concealment, food being taken to him by members of his toibe, the Wgatirnahuta, who are scattered about in that part of the country. Neaily all the King natives, except the outcasts of his tribe who naturally sympathise with him, look upon the murder done by Wiuinta as a foul crime committed simply for gain. All along the frontier, indeed, a very uneasy feeling exists amongst* the nativeß lest Wimata should e*cape the vigilance of the Europeans and cross over to the King. What they fear is that lawhiao, in such case, acting on the advice of dome of the more disaffected of his chiefs a'nd counsellors, should be weak enough to give him shelter. There are some about the King, they Bay, who would Bee"k to influence him by representing that k would be beneath his dignity as a King to give him up to the authorities, and be an admisbioa ot weakness on the part of the King natives ac a body. This indeed is the chief danger we have to fear — 'le9t what is now only a simple murder, — by subsequent action of the King be brought into the category of a political question, and give rise to discord and contention between the races. Already we see a portion of the Auckland press — believing that such sancbuary kaa been afforded to the murderer — asking how long the Government is goingto allow Buch a •tate of things to continue, and urging the use of force to obtain the surrender of Winiata. To prevent this should be the object of the Government, and neither expense, nor trouble should be spared in hunting Winiata up in his places of hiding, and in preventing him from getting into the King country. And here we oannot but too strongly condemn the miserable parsimony of the Go. Vernment which ofiered only a reward of J&100 for the capture of the murderer, well knowing, aa they must have dbne, how important it was that he should be taken before getting beyond the European boundary line. When Haley only fired into a house, witli attempt to murder, a reward of £500 could be offered for hii apprehension, but here, in the case of a most atrocious crime, committed too by a Maori which rendered his capture all the more difficult, a paltry hundred pounds is offered. No one man can hope to get it. It OAis*t necessarily be shared among several, and then it offers but little inducement to court the -privations, risks, and at the last moment the certain dangers which such an arrest is likely to entail On some of those who mako it.

Daiilt Commdnicatiow with LondoSt.— Bj the Utbe this reaches our readers, the laying of the New Zealand and Australian cable Will 'have boen oompietoJ, and the last link m the electric belt which girdle* the 'earth will have been rivetted. It "will be a new sensation altogether to our reader* to hare supplied to them at their breakfast table, in a local paper published in Waikato, tilt) Engh*h and Continental newt of the preceding afternoon, but this we ah-ill be edabled to do, at any rate when it is of sufficient importance. The completion of thit great vrork will do more perhaps to preterte the tie of home feeling than anything cUe could potsibly have ddm. Dutaoce 1* bridged, aud the r>3*ideut in th-3 aatipodei placed m q ucker oommunicaiion with the Capital of the empire thtn the midland cjuntte* woi'e little more than a Quarter of a century ago. The new cable will doubtlen be Tievved with iom* mixed feeling of farour bj the New Zealand preis at eutaihng considerable addi - tioual eEpente Upon journdlt. but our reader* will £nd that we at leait thau spare no ooit in giving full aud late oablegratn* of BuropCAD qawi wheuerer of tuffioieut iinpotuuoe.

TU RirQOMTRCOTTOir OP THI MIXISTBX.— As ire predicted would be the caw, the reconstruction of the Ministry has made but little change in it* personnel From the " Cross "we learn that the Hon. Dr. Pollen has resigned the Premiership, and Sir Julius Vogol bat been sent for. The new Ministry has not jet been officially constituted, bat it is understood that all the late members will be offered teats iv the Cabinet, and that Sir Julias Vogel will be Premier and '/oloninl Treasurer, Major Atkinson being reliered of th« latter office at his own request to return to the office of limuter of Immigration and Minister of Grown La ds It 13 uncertain at present whether or not Mr Reynolds will consent to remain in office. Sir Julius Yogel will slwr.ly dive»t himself of tha office of Postmaster U-eneral The other members of the Ministry will probably remmn as brtOi-e, Dr Tollen retiinmg hit present office of Colonial Secrdacy. The doctor is not in ver\ good health, and will probably leave for ducUand during tue week &a utteudaut Minister on hi» Exooilency the Go?ernor. vho, with hit staff, family, and horses are, as our telegram state, <to arrive m Auckland via the M»nukau to-daj.

WaixaVo filßOTiajj .— The following ii ta« article ito u the Wellington " Evening Argus" calling in question the of Mr WhtUker'i returu for Wmkato R«st — misealUr 1 Waipa b» 'trie wmer— 'to winch the Wellington 'telegram* in our' lust itsue r ferreJ s — '"Question* of disqualificition arc cropping up pretty freely since th«' elections, and 'it ii evident that the new Houst will be called upon to determine the validity of more than one return. 'The latest oaie to winch attention hut been called ii that of Mr F Whit alter. The question of the validity or otherwise of bis election has for lome day* been a topio of conversation in certain oirclci, but hs* not, to far at we know, been publicly alluded to before. lh« ground* on which Mr Wbitaker'* legal nght to hit seat for Wuipa may be queiUoned, are very simp'e. Our reader* are no doubt acquainted witb the facts of what is termed the Fi »ko Swamo sale. The details were fully discu bed in Par.iament last fiesMon, and th» ftssiou before, were undo the suUject of much c njuient during the election!, and hare r urniihed material for innumerable leading l artn lea, especially in the Opposition papers, rhe fortunate purckftier* of that block of swamp land, were Ale» r* Whitaker, Buisell and Tar) or, the latter gentleman beixQ 9. member of the Legislattro Council, 'During the di«cu*S'on of th- pro riety or othenfrite of the'iale, it *ai discovered that tU« oohditions attached amounted to what w«« legally o. ooutract "between the Government an J the purchaiers. Committees were appointed, legal opinions were taken, Mr C J Taylor returned to Auckland to avoid the penalties which might have been exacted if he bad continued to sit in ttie Council, and ultimately the assembly pasted an Act to iudetunify Mr Taylor and others similarly situated, cad to bar the recovery of any • penalties they might hive incurred by breach of the Disqualification Act. 'The operation of this indeinuicj, however, was entirely retrospective. The very first clause of the Act rendered the disqualification more precise as to the future. Now, it Mr Taylor was ineligible as a member of the ' Coubcil last session, on account ot nrs partnership in the I?iako Swamp affiir, fir 'Whitdker was undoubtedly ineligible f>r elec ion as member :or Waipa, and will not, ire lraigme, Venture to take his teat in the NewN c w House. 'He i« still one of the parties to the, 'as yet. Unfulfilled contract witU rhe Government in referenoe to the purchase of this land, and this btt<ng % 00, we expect the elector i of Wnipa, Vho returned 'him unop|W*ed, wtll have to seek another'repre%«(itatiVe., T;bis will he 'a "matter 'for general regret, as Mr Whittker is 'a mab of Tiiark, V/ho-e le^al and political knowledge and great ability might prove highly eorvibeable to the rc6lonr c61ony 'in €ts Legislature at the biesent 1 time. "

'Thjs eat* •UDDKs'bKi.Tfa —It will be Tearne'd VitlT satisfaction that "and ,tbe day before, on wliidb pour Stevens was buried, a turn ofajm 4215 «u coJleoted for bis wife. ,Of this amount, the «U(n 'ef £8 Us was ' collected by Mm *©■ Wynne toward* "making up yhieh "tore liuuied Of or .the sum of 5* left at. this ufflcj by 'a fneud.'and a cheque' for £2 kiadlj sent tlirou^h us by a gantlemao froiuTuAwamutu who did not wish bit nam'« mentioned. 'Thii bus be or. banded over by Mr»'Gwynne to Mrs Car^y.'who is actively cauvm-ing the diitnot and succes-fullj. But for the fact that one of the two ctnldreu left wiib the widow is an infant of only three months' old, she would have little difficulty in procuring ■uitabla cmplojtaent Ai it i*, much of tht bitternen of her 'unhappy lot will have been ■ofteued down by the kindness of her neighbour! who "hare aotirely aympathi^ed with her other* who that bj merelj aub*oribing to the fund in question. Stevens was a hardworking and industrious man, and much respected ' during the ghort time h* had been in' the Colony, gome five months, His widow, we are informed is a first claa hand at the manufacture of fine liouito'n lace, and possibly the ladies of Hamilton may ba ably to help hbr in the best form in which help can be fciven, that' of giving her orders 'for any* thing of this kind they may require. Then were a large nombor of persons present at the funeral on Tuesday, lhe deceased had only been ailing a short time, having been taken ffl about ten day» sinoe with dysentery while haymaking at Tamahere.

SOPPOSBD BCIOIDB AT B.ANGIBI6I.— It M feared th*t an old mm whose name we could not learn, 'but who i» well-known to mai>y at travelling about in the neighbourhood 'of Kan* giriri for iom« time hai either been accidentally drowned or has committed suicide. He was seen afed spoken to by our informant on Tuesday afternoon, but was missed the same evening. Yesterday morning search was made for him, and first hU c >at, aid then bis shirt torn into strips, were found in the vicinity of a c s eek known as Mcholi, or the Eangirm creek, which at that ; part ii twelre or fourteen feet wide. Nearer me creek fan trowaer* and bouts were found, and then tracks of fail naked feet to ihe water's edge. Ifarf water, which U deep, was yesterday dragged, but without result, ftad it is feared that the unfortunate man, suffering from delirium iremens, has made avmy 'With himself. .. . i

Thi Hamilton Hotxl -Bine* the time that Mr Gwjnne purchased the Hamilton Hotel ho ht« been engaged in »ddiag to this om forte a >ii conTenieuoei of the house, and 'the 'last 'Addition ii by no means the least Improvement. \ •pring hai been lately BtecoTdred in (ha high up oh the rirer b»rfk, and Mr Qwyhne hM utilued it for bathing purpose!. \ comfortable bath-house hw been built knii the Waler 'lad "bj ■pouting to the roof, whence it detoends ihtb the bath itself through a perforated reservoir in a 'perpetually 'falling Vhower. ThuMfhli bather oanttke both hit full bath Anil afio^tr bath together, or either the on* or tho 'btb«r. The btth room ii Urge and commodious and during the tummer months will form no unimportant addition to the well-known comfort* of th» Hotel. , . . , ...

Errata.— -What the printer may make « m»n, to his utter aitouisbment, ny was exemplified ia our issue of Saturdaj, in an article contributed by Yendya. He ii made to i*y, ijJenkifig of * picture " O ! divine art 1 that can thui with the dark plumage of the mm* transcribe the Writings of nature." Substitute '' plumbago " for plumage and "mine" for rauae, and We ihatl htve a better idea of xrbmt the wriUr meant. So in the \>enea at tho end of the article the word clbudlesa substituted for that of clondlett Tender* the verse temeleai.

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