TAWHIAO'S MOVEMENTS.
The Farewell Feast,
(FROM OPK OWN COKKF.SPONDF.NT.)
Mprcer, tliis day. Tawhiao, accompanied by a party of natives in ten large canoes, arrived hero at noon from Rnngiriri, en route for England. Ho was root by To Wheoro and natives from tho Thames, Waikato Heads, and other parts, whp have assembled hero. There is to be three days' feasting.
His Majesty's mind is troubled with tho rumourthat there may be some difficulty in getting immediato passage to England, and having seen a big poster illustrative of the Auckland Timber Company's steamship Terror, it ia probable ne will make terms with Mr Jloldship, and, like the Russian Emperor, have a utcftmer all to himself. Ho will thus bo independent of the ordinary vessels afloat, and duly impress tho Home Government. To givo the finishing touches Captain Payne's battery of artillery should volunteer services, ready to fire royal salutes as tho Emperor of the Maoris steams up the river Thames in his New Ze.al.and-built mano'-war,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 4325, 27 March 1884, Page 3
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