AOTEA SCHOONER IN DUSTRY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3972, 16 May 1870, Page 6

AOTEA SCHOONER IN DUSTRY.

f As. assorts of frumomi ne^ifloat psfaeuvptft regard to iu^tiyfl;, matters. vat u at v Apte*o^4 .Kawhia, I yrfll just i6tjd, owa . $> t/Tourt /T our "*{■ iforirtatibn what.,l 'co'Ssitfer tnei truth/ fronk : personal' iaterviews^ffntP' IntercoiiJse"- with. rKing,«nd Queen natives, and.Europeatiaibesjb acquainted with ,nasiy t e .mafcter^ here. ijU^ii° great topic amongst us- f in-tp^ne^ghbourhoodj aa' -\vell r as Itaglah,' 'for a* l^n'g *tim,eVha3 Dje.efc ,the arrival *of ! fcfce *' Industry' iohdbner/'beiloogingr.to .Mr,: X}. Vause,- of Bugian, which cleared. outrjast.'SfcturdaVi week, for Aosea ! direct 'from* Auckland, to :open ( the jf^ng- ! cl6sed port'bf Aotea and Ijirid a lot' of gooajs f or 'Messrs.' 'llbury' and Co., who are aoOnjb to open a general store here", and" have leased ,a quantity of. land, from, the v natives and, the Government for ,the purpose of starting manufacturing on' a large scale. Messrs. !llbury/C^tain"Higgins, and others 1 arrived I at Raglan last Friday, and on Saturday started for Aotea to meet the t vessel. . All sorts "of ' reports of, course they t found circulating here, such as that their agreement with the natives was not>to be carried^ut,: no, store $o ( be established j no vessel to he allowed' to come in under penalty o£ being detained, arid all v sorts of vengeance inflicted on her. On Sunday last, Mr. vause received a letter, l?rbin, r the chief Hone te One, that the vessel had, arrived : and early on Monday morning, Mr.' Vause^. i acco J mpanied By som& infhientiai loyal" "nati es, started for Aotea. Being very anxious for the successful opening of the port,- 1 accompanied them, 4s I believe, with Aotea open, and, flax-mills established, the 3Mri?t> would be one of ,the finest jn the proyinee, and §n}y< yequire, a , good road to Ao.'tea ; 4$ presenj;, bringing goods from Bagjan, p»pecja,UyS in the winter, is a fearfully unpl as.a.nt- *nd laborious r job. You are aware I daresay that the north side of Aotea has always been supposed to belong to the Kupapae^bufc I am afraid the ■ Kupapas wish to «erv© two masters, which they find it hard to do. They want the vessel, iu, the store. started, flaxmills established— which will find employmggt at once for all the natives about. whjo choQSje to sypfk $ moderate wages ? — and they want the mana qi the Jf ing pbse^ed ; and, instead of insisting on their own rights, they 4edre t9 SO to a»4 fro asking the Kings pei mission lop everything, '" • On arriving at Aotea, we found the vessel had not arrived, but that the King party were determined, sq they paid, not to let her land any goods. A native chief, named Kawena, had been talking to Manuhiri (Tamati Ngapori) for two days, and the reac son of the King's objection was that they have got hold of a report that a storekeeper at Alexandra had given a native a revolver and a Mh, fQV the purpose of assassinating the g|qry was tha| the Native was to shoot at him first, and then rush at him with the knife and finish him off. This I had from Shortland, the King's ambassador at Aoteaj; and who seems a very jolly, straightforward native. The principal intermeddlers or ob, jactor» seem to be Tapsell (one of the escaped pvinonerii from tha hulk), John Wesley, and Kati, who went to Auckland; by the • Flora Macdonald the other day to, stay the vessel going into Aotea. Shortland himself is personally quite anxious • to have the store established and the vessel in, but 1 he says the King's law is, "No lands to be; leaaed:" this is the law of the land as far as; typing" wfiLW m gWfigSßflfl: TMMIJ. himself is at ICawma to stop any rash preP, ceeding with the vessel, as I believe he does not wish any disturbance, either with the pakehas, the friendlies, or the Government. f After waiting for some time without any; sign of the vessel, we left, and 011 myi Rearing of her being outside 1 shall run 6Ver , iB*W.*FLSBB.rfofl»rt ft§ Mh RR b Wy ft? 4 Captain Higgmg sjalj Keroam there tq sge the* ugslKjt." J \ hitjk it \s q. great pity q. clearance 1 ehquld'haye "been grant§d tp tfe e ye§pel bgf9re things were a little more settled, as they all , say we are too rash in sending her in so soon, ' as, with a little more patience, Aotea and ; Kawhia would both soon have been opened ; but this haste will perhaps retard the" matter for some time longer. We shall all here be (jjfjdjy dj^iroojnted if Messrs. Ilbury and Co. arVups,ucJsM m'gst^h|ng tSeir mi^s $nd 9tove, as wit]\ ijne formey we should nave had a market for ail the raw flax thkt abounds in the district, and the latter would have been a boon that only those who have had to pack things all the way from Raglan would know how to appreciate. Messrs. Ilbury and Co. deserve great praise for their enterprising attempt, which even yet I hope been af v.er.y. gKeap §Xflense. ? fjut gs . fcjje.se gentlemen h^ye 1 al9« leaded ib* flax at Kawanui and Papanui, and have fine waterpower there, I trust they will not lose heart. As there are so many reports prevalent, Mr. Vause, the owner of the vessel, intends writing to the King to ask what his feelings are with regard to the vessel coming in, #Wtt?tw ?8t Berfeap" b . e u act ,° f courtesy that his Wfflf Majesty m^. be pleased with, Mwy l^bp know the napiye.s well say it ia all bounce, and that even yet everything will be allowed to go on smoothly. I hope such will be the case.