Progress of Native Matters.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3202, 24 May 1879, Page 2

Progress of Native Matters.

j -r KITIVETiaNDS COUET.r~

j t ■ * Cam'bbidchc, Thursday. slow.length alpng. The present Court experiences, fliome^hafc, of a .pomjilipatlbn Lot lembarrasioieat 'through; f^e^i or. Manga, the Ngatimaniapoto chief; hiiitip come forwiM a'^i ckimabt. j:He jwishep Ifthe Kgatiraukawa to/acknip^led^^rs claims before" they" kid xbslde v J in""bpen .and the Court awaits the, ppg^eM of negotiations, which thus far haTd^b'eei satisfactory., < Manga'a app'earaiicie at the| Cambridge Jfatiye,. Lands'^ portant erent, and one scarcely expected- : Afterfyeftra of oppoaition) to:B|ach in«tjti|liom and land; surTeys,, he ; suddenly em* braces the prmlegesof-both, and as the /head oPa most powerful'tribe?comes for,] ward to definel his'tribal boundaries.

\ JIfN^jDJECID^S TO;; HAVE ( BTTEVEYS. t | Hei decidestb Haviß;Kis'lands\^urveyYd^' and all claimß;indiyidualißed, and proposes to lease. and render^.^prpj^uctive -all rt ty% land's belonging to bis rtribe'. iw'A:ft'er yeaTS 1 of isolation and; BUlkiness, the most Jrenowned phief ml the 5 whole ■N6rtn^lslan:d wkk^sfeeli to-day sitt.m^siße|,b^i sid«(;%tth" Otiher orderly:'''claittittt's^''liljmself'exnTbii*', ing" the. most gentlemanly 'BeWalyipur.'. '!{{" j ' The'.ippu'rit,''.a? J.,haye;^kid^as'^,t(ietide|c|.; by Manga. His request''that'^h'oCb'urfc 1' be.;adjourned was grafted. .. t . 0 .. „( r i MANGA AND THE' NGATIBAUKAWA.

| This^afteriiobn il^nga'met^ &e''Ngatiraukawas in the Court" house, at the teeniest; pf Arakatira Te Weira. i fMi^faga'g" bbject of the, meeting" was. to discuss the great" tribal boundary.s • , .. . | The Hon. Sheehan l waa ahxioulijto attend, but was too ill. bMr Grace, "native agent, accompanied r. Manaa, Hon. Te HoneNahLM.H|.K, off Tahiti, A1.H.11./ andri^STof who had been anxiously waiting to meet Mr Sheehan, attended the meeting jwith tbat expectation. . s? ,^ ! BEWI AGAIN iATTACEKD. j The meeting was aii extraordinary one, jEew^ Grace, and two; Mabri^members (being censured by turns.-^ ; ;.s^, r^-» I Manga was unmercifully aHacktid by jvarious speakers for siding with th^ GtijVerninent. He was accused of being ihe jcauil of all the Patetere landi;vbeittjf witharawn. He was also charged Jy Eipika Akapapata Tewe, Eatanama, Ehoa, and Arakatira, offing of one mind with the Governmenti"

MANGA* S MANA CHALLENGED. . WJgte/Maip EEira iais"to Kfwi': 14<^'t waht^yojjr Jnana* jto pome e o|^ my, JajDJd. Take it away to your own place Mene JHira, l^Wer|i^ t (a^h^*^fj^4waid) j opposing'more witli clrinlTthan argument. >jii»«ii replied; in- hia iownj.caj.m>j.tf^^ manliffe manner: He reproved Money JHira, and replied neatlypjta^lo^me^ speakers conducting himß,el| c throngh(^ i with the utmost^complacency. ' \J j ,g»ipßka;and.'A'fepUa we*« very severe on tbbrtß: Maorijgtateanien present, a They Isaidithiat-they-were seat to Parliament [to!see that things-were properly done, and What did theftdp.toarrangeniattew ? j They'found 1 the mtive"Mtnisfe¥ Wai liow w;ii;h. them,, yet flajaye/matters, go- far. j w'erßVvery unsatisfactory }46 fslr ir aaft tlie^ • Land iGourtlwent.;: get | land passed through, tbje.-pourt, though waiting here long. .The Maori members |should assist in these thin|s«.7r-

; .0 ;■: A,r.:MB]GRACB| SXStJ^KS^^-jjf-jrr ' Mr Grace explained that it was Manga, j npJr_Sbeekan, who was invited to the | meetingT Arikatirahad requelted'Mttfiga' ito come and talk over the boundaries. iOn meeting ■ them,! he talked'about b,u«f ■ness to, Eewi .with, which he has,nothing I.to do.' Mr'Gr&ce 'reprimandedthem for i their unbusinesslike' conduct, and the : meeting abruptly broke up. Jbeeach Between MAi?GA -and ■/KGA/kpT ! T^e breach or misundefstanttin^ Jftetwfe'eh Bewi and the Ngatiraukawas ifei being evidently widened. Befri.ißheldiii | evident mistrust .by, the,, najiy^s^ijr^iio jnot; 'however, fully grasp ihig; meaning. ITJhe^ o appear jY to fear, but I understand \ that Somei'influential geritlemeii!-'■ KaVe ; arranged2a meeting of the v Ngatiraukawa : chiefs to-night, to agree on some line of i action which''will lead '• tti a good feeling with Kewi and pr6'mot«f bUsiUess./: ,i i m-i THE LA.TEST. We hare received a long and important

telegram from our special reporter to the effect that Manga proposed that lands on his side of the boundary should be passed through the Court, and leased, Government influence to be exercised on that side only.

A long discussion took place on the proposals, some of the natives disputing Manga's boundaries. Major Wilson pro,posed that these should be settled before being referred to Mr S'teehan. It transpired that Manga objected to any absolute sale of the lands.—Star.