NATIVE AFFAIRS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume 19, Issue 276, 19 July 1882, Page 3

NATIVE AFFAIRS.

« . _ . (rfiOH OUR TRAVELLING COBREBFONDBIf T.) ' . ' iQ>tfte.i#f ,e*£itenpcnt was manifest among the natives on the Waiarate Plains and' uettr dNorinAhby on Saturday,,' in consequence of the expected return of J ffitokoWaiJu from 'New Plymouth; gaol. Natives of his tribe were in Nqjtigianby on the arrival, of the morning train, but tjUe olu'.ef did not then' make his appearance, and a telegrftm was received saying '" Mb himself ancP f E6ne / Pihama would ' ' trWet by the" evening train*; ' ancr«iecs at • 'tire latter's plaWe (Normtinby) that night. . ' In' consequence, the • Maoris niade'gi'eat prepa»utions<dnrJßg the, day,', laying in • large quantities of food with which to „ rega / |e t! tjjie. > releaseol captive. .'Later in the , day, another telegram arrived,, laying 1 ihathe t ivouldn6t6fayatNormanby, but 1 proceed direct to 'Hawera.. Astlietpne ;'fbf the evenih&iti'a.ra; 'approached, ttiany 'datives' assembled At' "the statidn, and a determination-w as come 'td that they >f . would Retain JflitokO/jisaifa impossible. On the arrival of the train, ifc.was found that „ the ,yenetians of, the. wiiic)owB l of tfyj carriage in which Etiokowaru yps ti*aVcHing were all, up, and .the* only' chance of getting- a' sight of ' tuVchief was 'through the glass of the Sliding doof which was kept closely* khut.wso that no natives ; gained access toibim. Hone Pihama alighted for a few moments, and explained to the,.natives that Titokowuru did not wish jto see any of his people until he arrived at his own karanga ■ yhißhev'he woula proceed that 'night, taking a truggy for tbat J puvpose on his : arrival in Hawera. This" satisfiofl the natives to a certain extent, and they left "•fprHoire,Pihania J 8 place to discuss the Btibject, atld'ttWd '''the fo'dd prepared for the visitors. Many left for the Plains the same, , night, intending to visit Okaiawa! and'witervißw Tilokowaru yesterdaj, (^wpdajr.) Jt wjU b^^emembered thafy>n the trial of Titokowaru, pubse- ' qnent to hii arrest at Parihaka; he Was ' boutfd bvei^to keep the peace; himself in £500; '• TmY inbnev Ivras : f orlhcobu'ng soon after the trial) and offered, tp the . ; fifovonament ; , but pit , was , then,, , stated, . ,Jbat even supposing the ; bail was * accepted, ho would be immediately arrested on, the charge of interfering with the a^Hon'of 'the tovMitient Vinder the West Coast Settlement. Act, and consequently the proferred bail would be tisoless in. e^e^ting his liberation. On] the ]aa.t sitting of the Supreme Court at $Tew ' -{Plymouth/ Titdkbwaru was armfngned under the charge, mentioned, but ■ the . Crown Prosecutor subsequently entered a nolle prosequi, and, in consequence, he ' was discharged on that cdunt, "hut still kept in prison, in default of.&lie bail previously demanded' of him and his sureties. It was clear, then, that had the bail previously offered been accepted. . Titokowaru. would have been a free man at the last sitting of the Supreme Court, ' and that all 'that remained to effect His • -liberation' was to find again the, money mentioned. This was decided upon last week, and on Friday the bail was accepted, and the prisoner liberated. Many visits are • sure to.be pade to the released chief during the next few days, and the slate of 'Maon; 'politics will doubtless receive full attention. ' : ' Mattera at Parihaka are very quiet, ; and uninteresting". It is : not likely, that the.wwe.iif ; of. Te '^hitfand ,£ohu wifl give any willing consent to Join their husbands, . because. 'the latter are! in r pVi^on arid to wisti 'to join' them would, -on part of the wived, be'cdnßentiug ■m to#eir imprisonment.. They would not, "however, iqaiie.ftpy. great resistance wero they arrested, as" t^eir husbands werfe. ' ""*■ During the las Hew day's, diime' natives'. • ih«ve tfetarned-to'the.'Ahipaipasettle-ment on! the Continuous. Reserve, where they intend, to cultivate this ..season. The bush land and clearings immediately at.thdback of the. settlement are to be Bold 'at the next sale, some 800 acres having been surveyed, 1 and sub-divided intq ,s(^icr« sections. i«', / All the. cxci.toinent as regards Native affairs, appears' to .hay,e' departed from the district 1 generally; arid' whatever news is stirring in these matters of late, , has < corns from , Waik.ato. The ; telegrams from the King's advisers lately wont to Wellington do not argue very well fqr the quiet passage of the railway thrbugfc'tfio KiMg/ country I ; 'unless some- "■■- tihingis done inthevdirection they wislr." > .Thes*nativoa may that the railway shall >li**9h¥Ms th| iWßfe jthcir.territovy .whilst they are alive ahvo unless, the Pavlia- . Jggat j^Qff to Auckland and arrange ' r - maCferßwitff^hem. TESTS supposed to v mean a dbptflation'from the Parliament ff " b'^i vifiwedevefi. in' •• j thaiTlight, it woujd ""a^)\)eaf 'td be "ah attempt- Something ' ' Similar to To Wb^ti's; v to . deal.with the J/j3'overnment%J /j3'overnment % on fedua'l -te>^tna'. Tiwhiao's 'apej^oli it Whatiif^tih^'. l '"by no

means fa 'satisfactory' one> J and thefre doubtless remains much to be-dofnein the 1 Wa'utato . before the ' Natives give, in, their full submission, and allow access' to all jjarts of'ibe King country, su£h as is now, open to the late dominion pi Te Whiti 'between Waingongoro and Parihaka. i