FURTHER ARRESTS.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1096, 8 July 1879, Page 2

FURTHER ARRESTS.

23 MORE PLOUGHMEN. PATNa, Monday, 12 p.m

Three more lots of prisoners were brought m on Saturday, the first lob came by the morning coaoh, tbe remaining 2.'» were captured afc 8 o'clock m the morning, and did nob arrive till after dark, when they were taken to the building where their brother ploughmen were imprisoned.

THE MOANING OF THE TIED.

The prisoners raised a fearful yell which terrified a great many of the new arrivals. The first eleven taken were shortly afterwards brought before Captain Wray, R.M., and Major Noake, J. P.

THE PROSECUTION.

Mr Fitzherberfc conducted the prosecution for the Crown. The natives were undefended. Three separate charges were brought against them, First for riot, second forcible entry, 3rd, malicious injury ,to property.

Mr Williams, m the course of evidence, statsd that he had cautioned prisoners when he first saw them ploughing.

Major Brown had also cautioned them, as had Katene, also one of the leading chiefs.

Te Ike said : " We came here to break fche heart of fche Government. We mean to continue this work, so when we are gone, others will come and continue our work. I will suffer myself to be crucified or hung rather than stop my lords work." When asked if he wished to ask any questions of Williams he replied that all Williams had said was quite correct — he had nothing to ask. TE IKI RAISES QUESTION OF

TITLE.

Te Iki questioned Finlayson as to his title to the land, and when from one conveyance to another he had traced fche Crown Grant to a native, he asked Finlayson how the Government got m possession af it to make a Grant. Finlayson did not answer, whereupon Te Iki asked the Bench to answer him a3 he had silenced Finlayson. The Bench explained that that that Court could nob decide tho question of title.

Te Iki said I can. This land is the 'Lord's.

Tohu : Having asked Finlayson, the Magistrate and the lawyer a question which they can't answer, the balance of the scale is m our favor. We will wait till we go to Wellington to the person who knows more about the scale.

Another native afc the conclusion of the last charge said : This man has deceived us all. (Ifc is supposed he referred fco Tohu.) Lefc Te Whifci and the Government settle- this question, and pay Finlayson the damage he looks for. The natives and Europeans are being fooled.

WHARATOIWIRI'S DEFENCE

Wharatoiwiri tried m the nexfc batch, after hearing the evidence rose, ahd m a very angry a#d loud voice said : — " I did not cqnie to alarm the Europeans, bufc to alarm all. I aai not afraid that anything I say will go against me. My Lord will protect me. I am your Lord, and Tohu is your Loid. lam sweeping my blanket clean. Do not think I am come to kill one man, but I have come to kill all men and you m this court- I know all you pakehas. Listen fco me, your Lord ! This is the day of the breaking out : lam your Lord, you must obey. This the day I have taken for my Lord ; Tohu is the one Lord of all, and I talk not of heaven bob of Tohn, the Lord of the ploughing, of Parihaka, and the world. We were ploughing up fche body of Government. I have one word — to turn all off Tohu's blanket. The bench eventually stopped him, and ordered him to solitary confinement. The rest of tho prisoners charged, were committed fco Wellington.

A MESSAGE FROM TITOKOWARU.