The Native Difficulty. [BY TELEGRAPH.]

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1458, 5 November 1881, Page 2

The Native Difficulty. [BY TELEGRAPH.]

Volunteer Movements. Opuxake, Yesterday. Tlie Wellington Engineers, Rifles, and Guards, and the Wanmapa volunteers landed yesterday morning. They marched for llahotu at one o'clock. As usual, the volunteers loft their stores at at Wellington, and only half oi them were equipped. Theie i& a general complaint by them of the management. They have only a ball-bag to carry 40 rounds of ammunition. The Wellington contingent marched at one o'clock for Kahotu, headed by the Guards band. The Mailbourough volunters landed to-day.

Proceedings at Pariliaka. Pungaiehu, yesterday : A special correspondent visited Pariliaka this morning. A large number of natives were there. Tohu addressed a large assembly yesterday and to-day. Ho preached peace, and told the natives not to be frightened. Several influential chiefs from other distiicts are at Panhaka. No natives have been out of the settlement for nine days. The Slar'i special reporter, describing Hi- Bryce's ieconn->isance of Panhaka, say&, that he (Xli* Bryce) stopped near an opening in the fence which forms the mam entrance for Te VVhiti. Col. Roberts and Major Take ascended the hill over-looking tho pah. Seeing Mr oryce and his party, To Whiti'a policeman, who is a soi t of beadle, and whose name is Tamakanohi, pioceeded to the enhance, and invited Mi* Btyuo to enter. Mr Butler, as interpreter, by order of Mr Bn co, answeiccl that they did not come to soo the natnco to-day, though they thanked linn for the invitation, and stated tint he would take an oppoitunity of visiting Pmhaka m a formal mannei on Saturday affcuuioo'i. The leconiioitimg paiLy then stalled bick for the 'jimp. The reporter then enteied Paiihaka llosays: "I found the natives as oxlm a-b e\er. Tohu spo<e twi<c dining the day, but nothing new was Mid. Theio a\,is a pic tin o of a lumi and a lamb, &c , and a mm pent coiled up in n. couii'i" They &aul that the serpent lepie&enteil Sitan, and &o was the Oo\ eminent, because it ■uaa "working evil, and they piopo&od that the sevpeub should l)c iemo\ed fiom tiie picture, meaning tli.« t Government should oease its o\il woik. Te Whiti then brought a large coloiued chart, an Aanencan production, showing the descent of m.iv from the eailic^t ago of tho woild. Ht> found the statue in Nebut-li ulne^/.aib dream, and sud that the gold hc.ul was ty.ac.il ot Babylon, .Silvir bicast of U recce, biass loins of Home, non legs of Britain (of wlmm the Queen is head), and clay feet of himself and the n.itnc people. He feaul that as ho wisho.l tl.u lion to lie down with the lamb, and the two people to live peaceably together, so was he equally coituu that the clay foot would not cling to uon lugs. The two people ought live m amity, but they would not amalgamate. The chief w,\, most fiicndly, Miuling as he explained Ins piano, and s. ti 3 t i 3 ing that all he wished for was the good ol both iaccs, and m addi tion ])iomi?cd that on theauival ot bat.in (meaning Jlr Bryct) he would utteily confouml him and cliain lum, for that ho w ould overcome till good and peace should deatioy wll and all evil things." The lepoitcr then \iMitud Te Wluti, whom he found in company with \Yi Parata and otlier leading natives in his own meetinghouse, wheie they were busily engaged looking at a large pictorial bible. They had it open at a chapter in Isaiah, wheic the piophecy is made that the lion should lie down with the lamb, and ->atan was to be abolished.