The Waimate Plains. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] Normanby, Yesterday. THE PARIHAKA MEETING. TE WHITI ON THE SITUATION. Opunake, Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1193, 19 February 1880, Page 3

The Waimate Plains. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] Normanby, Yesterday.

T HE PARIHAKA MEETING. TE WHITI ON THE SITUATION. Opunake, Last Night.

The Poyal Commissioners cent a mesneneger to Parihaka with a request for natives to attend a itting of the Commission at Oeo. Te Whiti sent back as answer, " There are only two places where the (. ommission could mcct — Wellington and Parihaka— let them come to Parihaka or return to Wellington." 1 ho Commissioners have come bac'i to Hawera, but will retu u to Oeo on Wednesday.

The Parihaka meeting has concluded. About BiiO adults were present. c Whiti had nothing 1 much to t-ay, but told bis hearers that he reserved the principal part of his speech till March, which he said was the great meeting of the year. Ho said Government had sent a com* mission to gather op outciders, whom he spoke of as chaff in cont adistinction to wheat as metaphorical of his own people who attend tarihaka. At Parihaka he told them that the " Govciumoat could form no

permanent party ; that dry clay would not oling to iron, and Maori would not oling to European this year, even though muoh money was given them." Te Whiti also said Kox (Sir William) was a GoTernnuent man, and a person to enquire into the wrong doing of the Government. He told his people that the Constabulary guns would not be fired, and were only placing on plains. He characterised the policy of the Government as vaccillahng, because they did not forbid any one from resisting » ommission, but left every one to do of his own free will, but at the same time he spo c of the Commission with such contempt that there is very little likelihood of natives attending. He repeatedly naid no fighting would ensue, and the Government, who wished to fight, would find no «nemy to fijfht against. He advised all natives to take no notioe of any Commission or of the < onstabulary, and said no survey should be finished, no Land Court held this year ; for this is a day of rest for natives, and the Government are drunk with taxation He toneluded by saying that he had so little to say as they were so near the great meeting. He entirely repudiated all idea of fiVhtinff, and said the Government were as a drunken man, who has no defini'e purpose in view i