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Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4290, 30 April 1879, Page 3

..j-- to an invitation to the Premier and 2"5 L Minister. _, ~ T*«Dertsr— It » «*id in town that Tawhiao JJie-invite Grey to the meeting. , . *^ h j tior __What;is tbe use of on invitation? -"-„ him one at the last Hikurangi to meet bim at Te Kopua. It is for via to com*. ~.-., j. but is erected of ti-tree sticks inlaid -ah raupo thirty-nine chains long. It runs !S_ and south, tbe north being the head _t_t_e south the icei or tail. The reception JfjL, with Sir G.Grey will be held in front of Shut which, according to the Maori custom, nsablematical of peace. All the day was ZZttk Dri-cipally in dividing the food and Section of Native visitors. About 2500 2*2rtasre here from Cambridge, 700 NgaLjsaopotos, 600 Ngatiwhaios, 600 Waikatos, j*~jabo_t 300 followers of Te Kooti. No Saess will take place of importance until twTarrival of Sir G. Grey and Mr Sheehan. Oa Wednesday last Te Ngakau came over ut, in tha evening from Tawhiao's camp to w«ri, requesting him to go over to Tawhiao'a Saw at daybreak next day. Sew* said, " What am I to go for ? j, aecood message was aent by Tawhiao, --nasfct-g Bewi urgently to mcc. bim. Bewi _2n went and stood in front of Tawhuo's Jr_tre. A very sorrowful lament took place Screen them and their followers ; the King vTUng Us body guard behind him. Bewi fLHa Native costume. Afterwards there 3_J Bbmce for ten minutes, when Tawhiao _Z\t at follows:—"Come, mj father! Xa__.'» He repeated this about twenty «£»«*" sad concluded by aaying—" There is !,«»»a*clever aa yoa in politics or warfare, jwjt at your post." S*wi replied—Here I am; that is if you at my son. My coming ia ot my own will, ttdwh-t I think and do ii of my own judgzZs and who is to dictate to mc. Tol-iorrow there will be a division of food. _g_x where I em writing this there are a j^sttisdbags of flour, a hundred of driedfish, «__ 100 kits of knmara. Whitiora, in pointis* out thit'feod, said :—"Thia ia not from -tarernmentT We b.d to work for thia by tbenreetof our brow." Besides tbi> there are -tout 1000 bags of flour, and immense CB antities of potatoes and fish. This is the hwtesfc supply of food ever collected in the X-Sesu-try, and the meeting will probably fee the largest ever held. Bewi'a wonderful area, which be parcbaaed from Major JackJTbasproved a failure, so far as it burns tha bread. Bewi is considerably annoyed at bane ebjagtd £6 for it. Tswb-wTwill not send Sir G. Grey and Mr __»ehan mi invitation. Bewi wants Sir G. Qrev to come to exonerate him (Bewi) from the ebarg* of -Moyalty to the King. There is a strong anti-Grey feeling existing even ths Qaee-ites. If Sir G. Grey «n_es I fear ha will be grossly inralted.