THE NATIVE CRISIS.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 103, 29 October 1881, Page 2

THE NATIVE CRISIS.

( in* ' p f : al - "• t pfc th<s front tri.g , .-I 5 r , , % h I a\, 3 q.'.iiit '"•mi '• ir \j ' s< / <- ; . i t <j part cf c-i- • . '.: * t *> - ¦ "v. -^ov .. a < J'-"- 1 ' I Vile-- «'cl ny a v • - "t T : jn v\ • *¦¦ ot ie fffeetthut 'c (V.I . a ..'. f r ie I- . ; vkt iat v a bad c: : '' 1 P ' - t, f_ 3 et* •" lon fcom< c -^c-J- 1 <?e o a r >."3 ; 'i -.'„} Mo.int [E^iiK-ut b'- Ii 3 lx- 1 i '-^ wh l'y wi'; out t.u v ; ; Vi •;: ana " :o '-I) r«>a)n to supro'erliatt .a Ti'- i '~- i £ v.i rK>i cft'm'y avr:ii~ fvk 1 . B yce's an-ou ..3 : v.aifc on ihe ttn ,p: rlv.-i. A lei ?'sm from ¦ ."-.¦^•lin Bennett, of ih<? Naval i >i?aie, t> t 1 <... f ; 'i Johnston t'-'^ay states that a e r vc - s.a ely ga'e w.l* experience lat\>p ¦' -.'<-¦ ! !3C night, whie'i I' l w down about; half t'.o v ''uu.^ur camp a ; th i, place, su> j.eung the Nave's to consHeiab.e inconvenience and ti-- j:. f_-rt A teleg ara baa bien revived froui Mr TSryce to-diy to t'\<j cff^G that n, h c « - > >.- Cape Egtnaub, b*-l •utrirsf to Mr 1 ciu 1:.',1 :.' , L i been entered and .Ou ! /ed durLg LI 5 i. * . l-. A watch, some .vGaiiug apparel, a . - • i .<v property were stolen, and the Ik c - a? nearly a? possible ransacked. t'\ i \ 3 ¦ signs it is believed tua' this robb .j \\ ¦> : j work of natives. Mr. Fleming' is . t v.-> settler laul was twice ento J i', *: • andhia fencing d.stfoyed by Ma^m >.i . >,- . the last fuw clays, ihe honte stand-, v, >. .j ; it can easily be ci : ra<l from the bauk w;»- | out thj person ei.tirinj. being 1 seen ckL_v j from the Cape hs.iL.ont Lighthouse. wli;t;h is very near at haul. or from a short di->ta .cv on either si le. No trace has yet b ;en diaeovered of tuo perpetrators of the robbery, but an active scat eh ia being m*de i Aboat27cf th? Carterton Vo unfceera are.i likeJy to go to the front. It ia expecte-l ' Lieutenant Cameron wril go iv comouiot the Greytowu men. # , According to the Wairarapa Pai!^, 1.-; natives of i'apawai (near Grriytjvm) <• -. j - a Te \Yniti has offered 8s per r.^y l~c i _ V a? like to go and fight for Liin. =1. he has two miliioa pounds, i^o . •.-•-. nothe^rdof any man accept.. _$ L.i . . ' Fi-iaa ] rivate letter r: 2v - - lfroai a mtaiber of tho Ar.EP.i <_"o; ; ,-v. a t'.i.a ai th-? i'ir^.r-.'.a ci.'i^ea : .1 i •jS3:e£"-;-po:a!t!wiattre= J " lgp r. , 1.0 I-' 1 ci' l?a-5 t'n ? 1* 3 v -L3i. tLsw. ti", '^ g"-^"- I ''^ o'Jier ini__ ;,. the i'jii'e, f a t-,7 L'.t:3 j.. ; .. _ ?' ; C3irple:ei tni niirch fuai i.punaki. 'l. j correspoii .u^: et;t .3 that hi 3 j.arl7 1--C'j Opnnako on the iil>t iasc. the distant t> j PttEgiirehu bsirg &:ov.z 17 mihs. .i^oni two mi es from Punzareau. batweeu 40 ai^d 50 natives followed to. mon toraeback. 3.1 the camp 20 meu ; he savß, kept gaard day and night. There wera th=-a -ii-5 men .n t'io camp, composed of five differ jat companies, :>Tos. 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7. This nui.ber was ex- ' pected to be augaiente.t by S'J others w ; io were on their. way to tue camp. !\iricika. 1 • he adds, is only abont a mite and a ha..r ¦ fr m t'unsrareLu, but is not within view of • 1 tL.9 latter place. A good library and several [ < bi.liard tables aro provided for the men, and j . there are seven or eight mess-rooms. Ih9re < were about 100 men at the JKahotu camp, six > I miled distant. | We understand that Captain 0. Johnston, 2

of the Navals, leaves for the front on Mon» day, going overland, vi i A'an^anui. The Government have received a deapvtob. front Major llafr, stating that Tawhiao is very anxious it fhcul'! be distinctly under-st--od t-at he has no symrefchy with To Wrifci. and will not draw iato jv-y of fhe lattor'a quarrels.