IMPORTANT NATIVE NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 93, 31 August 1868, Page 3

IMPORTANT NATIVE NEWS.

peaceful disposition of the KINO PARTY; [NTKRVIKY7 BETWEEN THE CIVIL OOIrfMISSIONKR AND MOIUC. NATIVES WILLING TO OPKN THEIR LAND FOR EUROPEANS TO PROBPHCMfOR GOLD, THE REBEL NATIVES THREATEN KD TO ROAST THE CHlftlf MORE. (From Vi 6 Taninuhi Herald Correspondent.) UnioNin, Aug. 18, 1808. On Saturday last it was currently reported that Moro (who in a sort of travelling omtnHiiry of tho King party) htvl arrived in this tUiMrlor, nnd had encamped on the other nido 61! tho river. I bulloVo that a apodal messen* gor was Immediately sent to town to tho Civil Commissioner to report Moro's arrival, also that ho wished to hco him, and that ho would wait thoro (111 Monday evening, On Suiiday evening Mr Parris arrived here, having loft town about noon, immediately on tho receipt of! tho mortgage from Moro. On Monday morning, Mr PnrrU with flcveral of tho Bottlora and all tho Uronul natlvos crossed tho rivor and wont to whero Moro had encamped, Wo wwq -received, in ft very friendly manner, In answer to goinoquofltlons put by Mr Purrln, Moro Rtatod that he had oomo from tho Taratmlc! Dlstriot, and was on liln way to Tokangamutui that ho had juat parted company wiih Wircmu Klngl lo Hungitake, (tho Wrtiiivra chief) and soveral of hi* followers, whom ho had loftin tho Wultara Olstrlut, , During tho conversation that Mr Purria waß holding with tills ohiuf, ißathored that on tliclrroml Store had oivllodnt To-Ntfutu-o-tO'Momi, and whb received by Tito lCowam and his people In a very uufriondly nmnnor; that tlioy cursod him and the Maori King, and declared that thoy would kill him and cook him in an oven. Ho (Moro) domandod from thorn tho King* Hag, m it hud boon disgraced by Tito Kowura, and ho wUhed lo taUo it from tho district. They gava It up, mid ho brought It away with him. .Vloro Infurmod Mr l*arrifl that thoro irero only two natives faTOurnblu to tho Klnju in tho wliolo of tho district from Stoney Ilivcr Co Wftttotai'ft—natuely, To Witl and Toliu— all tho othovfl having loft him, nnd that Tito Kowara had only about sixty men undor arms against tho Government. " The advice of; tho King to (01 tho trlbcw In tho country," Moro Htvld. "wan that tt (ilop slvould bo finally miulo to all hoHillltioM, and in tho moautimo ho ftho King) wished gold seeking, road making, loaslng or lotting of land, and Maori Courts' to bo put a otop to," At thlo Kpllm Ptthlrt, a powerful chicl! of (ho Oniu'oo trlbo, nleppod forward, nud «aid, " Tho nativcH In thin dlHtrlct intend to look for gold } they intend to opun the roiuln, and lot tho land. Will- you, More, or will tho King lift your sword* lo put a atop to these tilings V" In reply to which Mor«nuswfer«d, ," No, wo will not lift, tho sword— wo will only oppirno it by our worda." I cannot in tliu Hpiico of a letter dcicribo nil the con vernation i hat toolc pluco on tho occitnion. Much was Hiiid him) Hpokoii of, but, from all I <;oul J gather, Moro Hpoko of ponco. Mr Parrls iiuitUloucd to him HOinotliiiiii about tho llaga licing exhibited at a nutlvo sottlcment calle I Nguhoru, 'which accmod to Burprluc Moro much, nud ho urged Mr l'arrls vehemently to toll him hit) Informant, and how ho had received intelligence of it ho early. Mr Parris refused to glvo up his authority, when More remarked, v Homo ouo must have oomo in and told you 1 hecaufto what you have said toolc pluco, 'I liU only proves to mo thnt tho people among whom I am travelling betray all my movemuutß, VViion Josiifl Ohrirtt wan on earth' he wan hotrayod by ono of his followers, I am Illco Johuh Christ, and am hi trayod by my ncoplo, but I am not anhamed of anything lam doing, My work in to establish peace Uioughout tho country, und to sheatho tho swoivl for ovor." Mr Parrlfl said he hoped ho ftliould hear of no moro invitutlona from the King party to tho Government native* for thorn to go inland, us it wms wrong. To which Moro ropli d that ho Imd no desire to do «(>, Ho would continue to return lo visit that difllrht, but in future to hliow his poneoful iiitcutloiiH ho nhould travel ulong tho coast, and thus provo ht» frlondahip towards the peaceful natives and pnkclias, but whether thcro wore 1000, or 500, or M, or «vcn only 12, still he should continue his labour*) for peace. Thcro wcro aovoral Europeans present,

amongst whom I noticed Mr GooJ, Mr Greenwood, nod othors, nnd about 60 natives, who hourd the whole of the conversation, It cortikiniy was iv mo»t Intovesting and «i\ tis f artery meeting, And tho Interflow Ims certainly ttiUdud to restore confidence in this district. Tho natives hero uro very anxious for parties to como nnd look for gold) nnd there is no doubt tlmt in another month or so wo may expect to fl«o several persons vlsting vi for prospecting tho ra gas in this district.