LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3884, 7 November 1881, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Puxgakehu, November 6.— 1 hear that a sentry was arrested for being asleep on duty last night at Parihaka. After being up before daylight, and undergoing a day of fatigue it is hardly to be wondered at. I noticed several x old veterans, men of over sixty years, marching in the ranks of the volunteers yesterday. They marched through the creeks, above their knees, and endured the same fatigue as .the young men. All honor is due to such brave and sturdy spirits, and they seta good example to their juniors, i Mr. Bryce and Mr. Rolleston went to Parihaka this morning with an escort of the A.C. Force. 1 understands is probable Mr. Bryce will address the men when he has a favorable opportunity of doing so. Everything is now "quiet at Parihaka. The natives still have faith in Te Whiti, and they believe he will exhibit some supernatural power, and deliver himself. How long they may choose to delude themselves with this belief remains to be seen, but I hardly think it will be long. Parihaka may now be said to be completely broken up, but I apprehend it will be necessary to maintain a redoubt there for several years to come. If that . were not done, and Te Whiti was liberated, he would soon be surrounded by the same fanatical lot of followers. A' small body of men, however, will be sufficient to hold the redoubt when the natives have been dispersed. . I think there is little fear of the settlers being again disturbed in the peaceful occupation of their land, and in the course of a few more years it is reasonable to expect that the land now unoccupied from Ok.ato to Parihaka will be well populated. Pungarehu, November 6—5 p.m. — Two delegates came down from Parihaka to-day to see Te Whiti. During the interview Te Whiti told them to go back and tell the natives to go quietly about their ordinary pursuits, and not oppose the constabulary. . Te Whiti's wife and niece returned with the delegates to Parihaka. Major Atkinson arrived here this evening. Pungarehu, November 7.— Titokowaru is in Parihaka, and has assumed the leadership of the natives there. It is announced that his intentions are hostile, and that he is watching his opportunity of making a stand against the Constabulary. This requires to be confirmed. Mr. Bryce and Mr. Hursthouse left the camp this morning at i) o'clock, for Parihaka, and will probably make inquiries into the truth of the rum Our. Matters are quiet in the camp at Parihaka. Sentries are stationed over the settlement, and press representatives are not allowed to go into the settlement. The natives stay in the marae all day, and retire to their at night. They are waiting patiently for some supernatural deliverance by the power of Te Whiti. Titokowaru, it is said, sent a message to Te Whiti to the effect that he would order the Pakehas to leave Parihaka in twenty-four hours, or they would have to take the consequences. Te Whiti scut back word that Titokowaru was to do no such thing, but that everything was to be left in his (Ie Whiti's) hands. The six-pounder was mounted and taken to Parihaka this morning, under escort of the Mounted Rifles. Major Atkinson arrived here yesterday, and left for Opunake this morning. The Constabulary have not yet cut down the fences here and at Parapara.. the fences being looked upon now as a matter of little consequence, as long as the forces are in possession of Parihaka. Some of the Volunteers killed two Maori pigs yesterday, but the natives have taken n« notice of it. Strict orders have been issued to the Constabulary acid Volunteers not to interfere with Maori property of any kind at Parihaka. The situation at present is uncertain, as a revulsion of feeling may set in among the natives after they have waited some days without beholding any miraculous power exercised by the prophet. They at present want all to be taken prisoners, and to go with Te Whiti. [telegraphed by press association.] Pungareiiu, November 7.— At daylight this morning the natives were assembled in the meeting-house. They were quiet, but treated those who were successful in getting into the pah in a friendly way. The chief, Rangi Pubuahoaho, addressed the people last night. This one of the chiefs who was imprisoned at Dunedin, and addressed the natives while in custody. He now takes a prominent part in the management of affairs at Parihaka. It has trauspired that several pigs belonging to natives have been killed by the volunteers! Major Atkinson returned to Opuuake this morning. The Mounted Rifles left Pungarehu for Parihaka this morning, taking with them the six-pounder Armstrong gun. It is now raining heavily, and is the first wet day the volunteers have had under canvas.

The Northern Co.'s s.s. Roivena leaves Manukau to-day, and will proceed per Agent's advertisement to-morrow night, for Manukau. The s.s. Macgregor will not call here on her way to Wanganui.