TE WHITI'S MOVEMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6214, 17 October 1881, Page 5

TE WHITI'S MOVEMENTS.

[by TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Sunday. The Parihaka meeting takes place to-morrow, and it is looked forward to with great interest, as much may depend on Te Whiti's utterances. Special arrangements have been made by the Government to obtain full and early reports of what passes. It is known that several prominent West Coast chiefs have adopted a somewhat derisive tone of late towards Te Whiti's followers, and they have been heard to tell the latter that Te Whiti is deluding and making slaves of them. There are some grumbling people, who are dissatisfied at the long delay in the fulfilment of his promise of supernatural aid of the discomfiture of the Europeans. It is hard to foresee what influence this may exercise on Te Whiti's action, but it is scarcely likely to be of a favourable nature. The Government preparations still continue steadily, and I learn privately that the planes are in a forward state. So far as I can judge, the intended operations, when the proper time for action arrives, have every prospect of being thoroughly successful in finally sweeping away the native difficulty. Nothing, however, will be done for some little time, unless the natives should precipitate matters, which is not likely.