OHINEMURI

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 452, 22 June 1871, Page 2

OHINEMURI

Since the late great meeting all hands hava, settled down into their usual idle state. The. quantity of Maori stores that were devoured at the gathering is beginning to haVe the effect of making the munificent donors look round for the means of replenishing their winter supplies. A number of the men have commenced gum-hunting, buta.3 yet they have not been vei7.3ucceas.ful, all the ground in. the immediate vicinity having been run over several times before.' There is'any quantity of gum in the bush about halfra-day'a,inarch from thie, but Mr. Maori will. exhaust every possible scheme to get the means of existing> before he. tackles anything like hard work., I, suppose we may mow consider the great mail, farce as played out, afc. least in as| far as the ;carrying on of the service is concerned, but tfhero is still one of the, acts which will require to be brought forward, again. /.Whilst the .mail ; smuggling •was being carried on*; ,one of.tbq men was "s^uck: up," !n ,nd- the' mail taken from; Him, which: the Maori' highwaymen still retain ppsaeslsion ofv>: liaswritten to Bopata, asking him to gefc the delinquents to. disgorge tljieir booty, and says thai on their failing t( dp so, strong ■measures .will be resorted to, as there, are various -sums of money arid letters of importanca in the bag. Te Hira' arid Mere Kuru are anxious that it should be given' up, but: the Kirwera- who took the bag and still have it,', say they will sticlc to it until they are certified that no mor* attempts >vill be made tfr carry ..the. mail. ' Tlie,'issue 'of ', the. whole affair will be, tjie ( ja-overnment jsfljpgiTO tlfl c^rtificatejreqiuireiJj'tiiereby acknowledging the lafLaoii KingVeupfemacyVand the niggers '.will giro up the mail.— Advertiser.