THE WINIATA MURDERER.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 9, 2 May 1876, Page 4

THE WINIATA MURDERER.

" Watfcabo Times''" correspondent saya,:—" f had a smtifen? of the? pipe with Hon® te One, wfw» had vtsited this settlement. He tias talked the matter of Wrntata over with Tawhboy who. had heeti stopping at his settlement d wring the Royai stay fn Kawhia— and the King', he says, told him ttnmfotafceayy that *W t- • niata shall not tie given ?tf» -—and, said Heme fie One, evidently,the Kiftg means what he satd, fur he spoke with much firmness and determination. A meeting hat! feeen held, he told me, at Kawliia, to consider the matter, fettfc theft the general impression was that Wintata shottld he given tsp. Jfearty 3€o natives were present,. ant! the discission was a very lengthy one. Only one chief »of mark spoke m favottr of shietdinsi the tttMrderer. Ttt Ifgakan mud, that as he had escape*! from the Enropeans it was clear that Heaven approve*! the act, and that he for his part wotthl tight to- defend him, let the conse«|ttenees tie what they might. 'lf the fire ron throagh the fern,' *aid Te Nga&att,' I will not hesitate to strike the match.* Ttria, the King's half-state* - , strongly denottneed the murder as a coldblooded tmprovoked crime, and was supported fey all the chiefs of note. It kt thooght that the King wottld gladly give Wtniata ttj>, httt that he fears lest, in doing so, he should provoke active enemies amongst his own party who would tumble down the throne. The meeting which ■will shortly fee held at Knits may perhaps make a change in the King's intentions. It will fee a stormy one, for great excitement prevails. The King party js *jmte divided in the matter. The Waikato*, whose land is already gone, are for defending Wynyard, even if it lead to war. The Ifgatimaniapotw see things in a different light, as their lands are yet their own. Tapahana, of Kawhia, a notorious Kingite, goes with the Jfgatimaniapotos in this matter, and that trifee is the stronger of the two, loth in nwmfeers and icilticnee.