HAWE E A.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3135, 30 May 1879, Page 2

HAEW R A.

[from oub own correspondent.] May 28. — The news from New Plymouth caused some excitement, and the general feeling here seems to be that united action should be taken throughout the Colony to urge upon the Governor the necessity of calling Parliament together at once, as native matters all over the Colony seem very unsettled, and the present Government seem quits, unable to cope with the difficulty. In the present low state of the Colonial Exchequer it is absolutely necessary that steps should be taken immediately to raise a new loan to meet any immcrgency that may arise. lam quite wire that no oue, at least, in this district, desires to see the Colony once more plunged into war, but at the same time we cannot, with any honor to ourselves, allow the natives so to take possession of lands that have been in the occupation of Europeans for 3 r ears, and for which they have paid dearly, not only with money, but iv a good many cases with the blood of their relations, without taking some more decisive steps than summoning them to the Supreme Court, as the papers say is the foolish intention of the present Government. What do Te Whiti and his followers care for our Courts / If we could not, or rather if the Government were afraid to take active steps against a murderer because Te Whiti protected him, what chance have they in proceeding civilly against trespassers .'

We arc rather surprised here that the Maoris should eommeuce at your end with this work instead of at this, as we could have understood it better, if after their success in turning off the Waimate surveyors and in being allowed to regain possession without any opposition on our part, they had proceeded still further aud ordered the out settlers from the land.

There is no doubt but that the present Government have entirely lost the confidence of the Maoris, not only on this coast but throughout the Island, and if matters are allowed to proceed much further iv the same course they are at present taking, we will have to come to blows, and to avoid this result, I cannot sec any other way than by calling Parliament together, in order that the country, through it, may have a chance of expressing its disapproval of their native policy throughout.