NEW PLYMOUTH.
This Day. The Hawea correspondent writes : " Te Whiti, it seems from first, invited Mr. Sheehan simply to insult him before the Maori population of the coast, and gain for himself prestige foe doing so. The Mnories say the Native Minister spoke like a child and Te Whiti advised him to go and play. When the natives attempLed to remove the surveyers. some showed fight, but were soon overpowered by numbers, and had to submit. The Macries are having a grand field day pulling up all pegs in skirmishing order. I fancy they will find it no easy task as the pegs, were driven well home in the earth. The natives say there is to be no fighting ; but to be a war of words only. The tiling to be feared at present is that some young men may be le,d away by excitement to do something rash. If such a thing happened I would not answer for the settlers, as they are too much disgusted with the Government action regarding Hiroki to hope for any immediate support from them."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 662, 28 March 1879, Page 2
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