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Star (Christchurch), Issue 3638, 8 December 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON, Dkc. 8. The Stabbing Case/ I At the Resident Magißt rate's Court thi» morning Dennis M'Oormick, for stabbing Mr and Mrs Flannigan, vraa remanded for a week owing to the latter being unable to attend. ;: Valueless Cheques. -" Tho young man Riot, for issuing a valueless cheque, was remanded for a similar period. It is believed that-no Jess than fifteen other cbargoß will be preferred against him. ' Rewi and the Hall Government, -if:/ Major To Wheoro, M.H.R., has received the following letter from one of the principal natives of tho Waikato : —" To Wheoro, 24 of the month (November). Manga (Rewi) left by canoe from hero to To Kuiti. This is the word spoken by Manga on his departure from Alexandra. Word spoken to both the European and tho Maori. He said: 'I will now to the word of Tawhiao. I will never consent to sco the present Government, nor will I agaia return to dwell among tho Europeans. I leave iyltb, those important persons who havo abused iSir George Grey to sco how they can managp affairs in my absence. Tho word of Manga to us—' Ho kupa propoio hake.' It is a farewell to us and to the Europeans." The Maori words quoted mean that the words spoken by Hewi are the last wordß spoken by a chief before he dies. Libel and Slander. Mr Gisborne Webb, lute of the Standard, has oommenced an action in tho Supreme Court, Auckland, against Mr Edgecombe, late of Tauranga, for £1000 damages for libel and slander in the Bay of Plenty. The New Native Trouble. The New Zealander has the following : — " Major To Wheoro has just received a lotter from ono of his principal people in Waikato. Among othor matters it contains information with regard to the reason which led Manga (Rowi) to leave his settlement at Ppmua where he determined to reside permanently among tho European population, and now go back to his old settlement at To Kuiti. At the time Manga left Pomua for To Kuiti several of hia people who wero horo, in Wellington, were greatly alarmed, not inoroly because of Manga going from them at Pomua to To Kuiti, but from the fact that, instead of going ovorland on horseback by tho inland routo ho went by trap through the settled districts of Waikato, and took his departure by a canoe from Alexandra, a frontier towtt aud the nearest European settlement to the King country." With this explanation the letter, to which wo have referred, will be intelligible. The letter is as follows:—Te Wheoro, 25 Month (November). Manga loft by canoe from horo for Te Kuiti. This is word spoken by Manga on his departure from Alexandra. A word spoken to both Europeans and Maoris, he eaid" I will now listen to the words of Tawhaio ; I will never consent to see the present Government, nor will I again retain to dwell amongst Europeans. I leave it with thoso important pooplo who have abased Sir George Grey to see how they can mtnage affairs in my absence." This the word of Manga to us wa?, " he rupu poroporo alre." It is a farewell word to us and to the European (kupu poroporo ake) are the Native words for the last words spoken by a chief before he dies, of which there is one very well known instance in Manning's " Old New Zealand." When a chief is on his deathbed, thi» last word is listened for eagerly by the whole tribe. It is supposed to be prophetical of future destiny of the peoplo whom the dying chief leavos behind.