NATIVE DISTURBANCE IN AUCKLAND.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1067, 20 September 1879, Page 2

NATIVE DISTURBANCE IN AUCKLAND.

Auckland, September 19. Mr. Edgecombe, surveyor, and party, have again been ordered off the survey on the eastern side of the Waikoure Lake, Rangiriri. He has been warned that he will be taken prisoner if he persists, as Tawhaio claims jurisdiction. ISo violence is threatened at present, though parties of natives are stated to be out watching. The chief agitator is known to have brought his gun with liim on his way down to liaugiriri. The Thames Valley settlers are uneasy, and dissatisfied at the present aspect of native affairs in that district. Grauamstown, September 19. The Thames Advertiser pigeon this evening brought the following from the Upper Thames :—Tukukino, accompanied by Tukepoka and others, visited the Ngatihakoe settlement at Autimoki today. The party arrived at 1 p.m. and were met by a portion of the tribe, including Pakera. Epihia was not present. The discussion was principally maintained by a young priest named Puieta, who wished the "deputation to coine again tomorrow, but was interrupted by Pakera, who stated authoritatively that he was not willing. He said they were not going to give themselves up, and that it was therefore no use repeating the deputation. The Hauraki chiefs told the iNgatihakoes plainly that they would not pay for their crime. Evidently the Ngatiliakoo are in creat trouble. All the women and children are present here, and it is clear from other natives being here also that the caution given a fortnight ago v.\n by no means a false alarm. Tukukino urged repeatedly that the offence, being a breach of Euro- : pean law, should be tried by the Supreme Court, but was met by the reply that as they were merely preventing other persons from stealing their land, shooting was in accordance with the law of Tawhaio, and : M as not a breach of the law of the Government. iv>r was it any disturbance of the peace of Hauraki. From every appear- i ance it may bejj'casonably calculated that ! they will abide the issue at their own : settlement, but there arc natives present < amongst tlieni whose appearance in the i district should induce the greatest precaution on the part of the Government to ' take steps for the safety of the out-settlers. A wish has been expressed by the IN gat i- : hakoe that Mr. Sheehan should return before the matter is finally settled. I merely give the request for what it is worth, as they were positively assured that jn view of the opening of Parliament ; during nest week, his doing so was all but : impossible. Things are quiet at muri, but the volunteers are drilling about six liours a day.

NATIVE A FFAIRS IN TAEANAKI. i c- 1 X e\v Plymouth, September 10. < The Parihaka meeting has not yet been 1 broken up, and none of the natives have < returned. 1 To V\'hiti addressed the assemblage in much the saruo stylo as on the previous < day. He assented that he was the sup- J reme power on earth, having oecn invested 1 by the Almighty with the supivine autho- ' rity. If a builder built a house, it would - not stand unless he sanctioned it ; if a > blacksmith welded a piece of iron together < it v.ould not hold unless he caused it, nor Could doctors perform cures unless his i spirit wa:. v> ith tliein. He v. as the chief i corner-stone, and all people and ail ; tongues were under his sway. He dwelt for a short time on the matter of the < arrest of the prisoners. He exonerated the prisoners from all blame, and took all s the censure and blame in connection with their unlawful proceedings upon himself. ■' He had caused them to be taken pri- ] soners, and he alone could free them from 1 imprisonment. ; Tohu did not speak yesterday, but he 1 is expected to do so to-day. The natives 1 were well pleased with Te Whiti's words, < and are as firm disciples as ever. Over 200 : pigs were killed and four bullocks. A '■ number of mutton birds and several cartloads of bread were also served out at the * feast, T'itokowaru was ill, and unable to be present at the meeting, but he was represented by a good number of his followers. The news of the death of a native prisoner had not reached Parihaka yesterday, but it will no doubt soon be known, and then there will be most likely great lamentation. Parihaka is nearly over-run with dogs, and it is astonishing how the natives can tolerate the nuisance. Children are also numerous. The result is that Parihaka is anything but a pleasant place, , and one can scarcely imagine a prophet 1 choosing such a place for profound study. The meeting will doubtless last as long as there is plenty of food to be found. The main features of the proceedings consist of a continual feasting from morning till night. This morning a party was raised at Stratford, who extinguished the bush fire, with the exception of one rata stump, which could not be got at. Messrs. Hursthouse and Berry have rails laid within half a mile of Stratford, and expect to have the engine into the township noxt week.