NATIVE AFFAIRS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume X, Issue 2909, 26 May 1873, Page 3

NATIVE AFFAIR S .

[JEOIT 0~8 OW>" COBBESPOS NTS.] gliyG o? MACKAT WITH BEWi MACK AT QITES HF.WI HIS OWX WATCII. —JIACKAY lircn SATISFIED WITH lIIS INTERVIEW. —BEVIEW OF THE WAIKATO TOIUNTEEES, iSI) EASQUET. Camrridge, Sunday, 5 p.m. .., jIieKAY returued from Alexandra last ,'ut. He had a moat successful meeting Sb at Kopua. assured Mr. Mackay tbat be would Te main ueutral. Before parting, Mr. Mackay presented him „Vj Uis * own watch, cliaiu, and locket, ra'lued ' >rcr 113 tt memento for saving hi - £ait evening, after the review of the Waikaro Volunteers, a grand banquet was j Tfn to Mr. Muekuy, at the Duke of fdinburah Hotel, by the various cavalry (loops. Colonel Lyon, Major Jackson, Captain jjunciman, and Major Hay were among those present. Major Jackson gave the toast of the evening, which was most enthusiastically received. In replying, Mr. Mackay acknowledged the kind a:ii i enthusiastic manner in which his health had been received. He said that sincc coming to W aikuto lie had worked with the Defence Minister, and that they wore quite in secord as to the steps which had been taken in the past, and which ought to be pursued in the future. He also said tiiathe had very great hopes that the murderers would be given up to justice. Purukutu had been requested to come to Tokangamutu by Rewi and the King. Kewi sent with one view—the lving perhaps withauother. Kewi said, " l'ou givoup that man, or I will hand myself over to Government." Mr. ilackay also said that he had just returned from Kopua, where he had seen Kewi, and that he was better satisfied with that day's work than with anything that had a* yet transpired since he had been in Waikato. Rewi had said to liim, "As long as Suiting is carried on bj Kuropeans, I will not interfere, but if other tribes are brought here I mav be compelled to fight." Mackay said that lie was in hopes tliir. matter v.-ould now be settled without the necessity of the Government going to war, and tbat if we could get the murdereis of Sullivan given over to justice it would bebetterthau having rerours.- I o firms, in the event of the law being powerless to do so, it becomcs tl.e duty of every man to uphold the law, but if war should occur, it should be made the last of all Maori wars, so that the result should be that the Queen's writ would run through the island. Iu conclusion, Mr. Mackay proposed "Successand jirosperif y 10 Waikato and its hard-working settlers." Mr. Mackay left this evening for Ngaruawahia. COEBECTION" OF AX EBHONBOITS EEPOBT. Hamilton, Saturday, 1 p.m. The telegraphic report of the Hebald of the 22nd, that McCaun and party, under contract to Mr. Coi, had abandoned their work, snd come into Hamilton, is entirely false, as ! McCanti and party are still engaged draining at Pukeruku, perfectly secure and ready to meet an enemy should they be attacked. BXWI AT KOPUA. "Wellington", Saturday, S p.m. Telegrams have been received by the >*ative Minister from Major Mair. He reports, "That Rewi has just come to Kopua to meet Mackay. Purukutu has been sent for ajiin by special messenger. It is said tbat this will be the last mes.-age sent to him. It is reported that he has only seven men with uini, but tbat abcut seventy will join him if he is attacked."