THE SPIRIT OF THE SPECIALS.

Bruce Herald, Volume x, Issue 957, 13 November 1877, Page 3

THE SPIRIT OF THE SPECIALS.

•UNEASINESS IN THE NATIVE MIND.'

The Auckland' correspondent of the 'Lyttelton Times' writes :— There ap> : pears to be eoine It-rouble* iimongat- the Maoris.ua* the Southern part 'of the" province at present, and ;it is •-. difficult 'to ascertain where the- disaffected are, and.: what.the.gau e'.pfo-h'e disaffection is. That there is jome^ uneasiness in the Native mind,, ia. efideii^i6.j^ll^havit\g a knowledge of aM their .ways, j I btjlieve the fact is' not' unbnowh^to the officers connected with the Native department, but these officers are as yet like others., comparatively in*. ..the, dark • \it regard to the cause of the grievance. If ijireiet proof were wanted that there; is' gomething out of joint, it was furmshedt by the recent' visit of Mr Q'Cppnor to I the Maori King country. He/was sur- ; I' prised. to find so much apparent diecon | tent, amongst them; Of course O'Connor ! Advised them to reinain at peflc£ %jlh their white hei^hhourt?, and ehdwed U.ow disastrouii! any disturbance would be to them. These iudicatioufi are quite in accord with 'indications found amongst pther sections _6f the "and all show ■ a ftertajn degree of unrest in the 'Maori mind, which, Ja |^ end, niay come ' to nptjjiug In his c'oriVer^ti^ns with them, ;Mr O'Connor' found that the 4£& at °f *k & te Government had gireo tbjein coe'siiieTfl^le pleasurei as Df Pollen, the iate JJatiyiEJ |£jnfe!er, uVither a favourite r with them nor J l)a,d ; influence sniong them. ; ;iEie Wfl.a pra.cti: eaUyitfeatedby them with ponteniptl' and tbeagitationqbseryed tor some ticbe past might bave its source in this. f '