DEPARTURE OF TAWHIAO FOR ENGLAND.

Timaru Herald, Volume 2990, Issue XL, 24 April 1884, Page 7

DEPARTURE OF TAWHIAO FOR ENGLAND.

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AdCKIiAND, April 1. Hia Exocllor.cy tha Governor having heard that Taw Mao would iifco to nre hin before he left, for England, kindly intimated to him that he would be glnfi to rtceivo v visit; frini him at any time. Tnwhinii at or.cc determined to go, tinS proeeedrd to Gov'rnin.' > Nt House, accompanied by Pat.ira Tf Tuhi and Tcpii Tnroa: Mr C. (J. Davis went is interpreter, nnd Mr Brown as rep'esentitiio of the Committee of the Temperance Mission.

On the nntives beine it trodueod to Hi* Eietllcimy, Hia Excdlcn ;y eiid he was glud to sue Tuwli'ao. He wovil 1 have snnhini some tirno ago, when ho vra at Aler.andri'l, but he WAn accidentally prevented from going tn Wbatiwhatihoo. He wa» now ylad to meet him, and he hoped he Nvould have a pleasant vuji'.go lo Enghnd. On hi» retain ho would fee the Governor and tell him of things he s»tv and ln>ard m the Mother Country. By tho rout? they weio going to England they would liavo un opportunity nf feeing ■ Sydney, Melbourne, Aden, the Red Sea, Malta, and Gibraltar. Tliny would »l*o fee that, celebrated city, Lniidon, whera lin (Sir W. Jerv^i) hud ronied for 20 yef.r*. Thut (ity had a population ten times greater than Ihe wliole population of Now Zealand. They would probably meet Trith some pooplo m London who knew him (Qis Eieellenoy), und tl«y were to tell tliiMn that he hub well. Ho wns glnd to neo that they wore the blu> ribbon. He hopod they would we-ar it nil tho w»y and bring it back with them. He vaa glid inde?fl lo find that a number of Mno-is had adopted this badge, becaiifo it. was t very excellent thinj;. If anything etitno before him ofllciaily aborting the Maoris m regard to this question, he would be glad to give it Lib most sorioue consideration.

'lYwhiio snid : I rejoice, exced'iig'y that I have had this opportunity of meet:Dg your Kxoellnnoy. I haard of your arrivul at /U.nndria soron. time since, aid I expected yon to visit me nt Wba'iwliiilil 00, but 1 find that accident and oiroumßtar. ees prevented you from coniiuir. I am £oio<j to .Enf'lQnd, and just an I am about to embark I hnvo the opportunity of eeciug you. I di<i not see you during my excursions through the country, and I am tln'ri'foi'o more rejoiced to m>et you and pay farewell. 1 shall have an opportunity of seeing new places and new countries, Ynu ivro l«» tc me now; that is to sny, this ii ihe first ti.no I bars seen your fie« and heard from your own lips your eetuiments, although I l.now Bometbing about your utterances at Kawbia on tiio drink queati- n m relation to Europe iv? and Maoris. Jour sentiment 1 were moot cx?ell>mt. I am bidding farewell to !:ir Goorjn Grey aud U> you. Who:> 1 get. to Londen pocpln will bo a-kin? mi- if I mw the Govurtor, and I eliail mv " Yea ; I have seen him, and ho is well," and Sir George Grey al-o. I ht>ve also seen Grangers m Auckland hero, from Germany. (lawhino here lefers to his having t>ccu on board the German lnan-of-war on hie last \isit ti Auckland), and I have also seen those, strange people the Japanese. I shall uls.i fm many ntrsngc peopie and many atran »o countrioc. I shall feast, niv ev?s on those pcoplo and plajrc, and judi>e for my^flf. This is my nroterl), Ka wluiia apapa 'c poiiai.ion l-a rere tc. arohiroU (' Whtn tin; c.a i§ calm like the polished grcerstine tlioi'e aro signs m <he atjiisphere.") Thij figure denolcs that I am poing on v feaoeful missi'jn, tbut everyljjira is Lri;h' and cUar, and it is a feeling ■•( my own heart. My heart rejoices m I fit- fact of ny meetine you face to faco, and he-mng from youi- ovn lips your utterances, y.hioli I cimaider very good.

Pntnra then n>ked the Governor for a iv.iip. that they might understand thn cuuntrios through which they would havi to pa-». His Excellency paid ho would obtain a suit able imp nnd mivvk (ho route from New Z.nland to England.

His Exeellioey thon shook hands with Mb vinitors and they lefr,, Tuwhiao exclaiming when tboy got. onl.?i Ie the do;r "He i»u Biro man. How clear wore his word*, and he looked so pleasant all through."

Tawhiuo has published the following Farewell Biliirnoa :— " To the Editor of tie Srrald Friend, Greeting. Publish my •eniiraentu so tl)Bt boh races living m lliiIsliml, b)th Kuropeana and llnorii, may ko them. I am going from Now ilenlanil to England. This is my word wlvch I leave with you . Afier my doparture dwell all of you m pence. In no t.is» allo<t anj disturbance to tain place m toy ab»onre m L-ind Courts, or m reopeet to roads, or tailing of m"neyb.r Maoris («« acoipting instiilmenls on lund-) or permit'ing any publicans' liL-rose;, or intr/iduoina any matter affecting Maori lanrin as I have a l interenS m the wholn of the Maori territory. These are tbn grjund* of oiy nounsel, to prwontany Europaann or Mnoris from heedlessly doing anything heroin mentioned m my absence. Let mattern remain m abeyance till my return, nnd I will then miiko known my dcrUion. — Tawhiao King." Tho putty left m the Tarawern to-ni«bt for Sydney. & great crowd assembled on the wharf to sac them depart, expecting Tawhiao would made a speech, but neither Tawhiuo nor any of his party nppeared on ileok, nnd they left without any deroonslraVion.