THE REPORTED NATIVE DISTURBANCE IN WAIKATO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6099, 4 June 1881, Page 5

THE REPORTED NATIVE DISTURBANCE IN WAIKATO.

' [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] . Kihikihi, Friday. Mr, Tole has not been molested. A man called Stubbing was ordered in from Tokanui, where he was squatting. Ross' cattle were driven in. Some of them were running 7 or 8. miles up the country. ' Rewitakes formal possession of his honse to-morrow, by having a little feast in it. . . . Hamilton, Friday. The aukate declared by Tawhiao is as follows :—Karioi, White . Cliffs (Taranaki), Kumeamai, Taiparohenui, Kai Iwi, Tararua, Ruahine, Titiokura, Hikurangi, Ruatahuna, Mangapohatu, Pataonaki, Ngongotaha, and Te Aroha. Within these bounds he claims absolute sovereignty. Alexandra, Friday. Major Mair arrived here. last night. He was unable to proceed with TawhiaD and party and some fifty natives, who left here this morning on a shooting expedition to Pirongia. They will go as far as Kantiwhawha and leturn here.

A correspondent in Waikato writes :— "It is not only Rewi and others upon the boundary that the Kingites have been urging to retire to the interior, but natives in the small settlements northward of the confiscation boundary also. Four days ago there was a meeting of the natives at Hokonui, a native settlement about six miles from Hamilton, to receive a Hauhau emissary from the King, who brought orders to the Hokonui natives to come and live at Te Kuiti. Hohia Ngahiwi, the chief of the settlement, was, it seems, willing to do so, but the majority of the settlement refused to obey the King's order. Theattitude of the natives beyond the boundary, while it does not in any way affect settlement here, will afford much matter of interest as it developes.. What action Rewi will take is freely canvassed, for the order to leave Puniu; and allow the King to send men to occupy his land there, has more significance than appears upon the surface. The Waikatos have been now settled some 17 years on land which is not then - own, and they have, by native custom, established a title. What Tawhiao is now doing, if allowed, would go far to establishing a title to other Ngatimaniopoto territory by occupation, and when, in the course of time, these lands come before the Lands Court, we should find the Waikatos preferring a claim of desertion by Ngatimauiopoto, and occupation by themselves in I'SSI. The question is, has Rewi (Manga) sufficient power and influence with his tribe to induce them to refuse compliance with this order of the Kin?, or to come forward and separate themselves from the King party, and declare themselves subject to the Government, and claim its protection ?"