SPEECHES OF TE WHITI AND TOHU AT PARIHAKA, ON THE 29TH JUNE, 1885.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1885 Session I, G-08

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1885. NEW ZEALAND.

SPEECHES OF TE WHITI AND TOHU AT PARIHAKA, ON THE 29TH JUNE, 1885.

Laid on the Table by the Hon. Mr. Ballance, with the Leave of the House.

No. 1. Lieut.-Colonel Eobeets to the Undek-Secbetaby, Native Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Opunake, 30th June, 1885. Yestebday Te Whiti and Tohu spoke in the marae nothing but "peace, peace." Mr. Messenger will send full account by mail. J. M. Eobebts, Lieut.-Colonel.

No. 2. Lieut.-Colonel Bobebts to the Undeb-Secketary, Native Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Opunake, Ist July, 1885. The following are the speeches which I wired you yesterday and were delivered on Monday:— Te Whiti said : The people are dead and the land is dead. This gathering here to-day is the gathering that was scattered to be destroyed, but here we are to-day. The only work for this generation is work like this table of to-day, and we shall live. The trouble is past and gone and lost sight of, it will never be seen any more—never, never again till the end of the world. What I say is the same as Titokowaru said yesterday. What he said was quite true. Tohu said :I am a bad man. The trouble is lost sight of and we shall never see it again. Le't them (the Europeans) stop on the land; we must wait. There will not be two floods. We do not gather in the marae the same as we used to, waiting to hear me tell you what to do. No; that is a thing of the past; and, if any one of you be dark and ask me what you are to do, I shall say you had better go to England or Eussia, where the trouble is, and ask them. If any one thinks he is going to bring on trouble here, as it used to be, he will have to answer for it. If you cook a potato you cannot make it raw again. The fruit of trouble is a man is killed and rots and is lost sight of; but this (pointing to the table) we see and see again. We will gather in this marae. This will not be done away with till the end of the world. Weeds will never grow in this marae, but I will keep it for my people to gather in. Waikato, Taranaki, Ngatiruanui, don't say, "This is what he says to day, but to-morrow he will tell us different." No ; not to-morrow—next month — a year —it will be all the same; we shall live; this generation will not be lost sight of. J. M. Eobebts, Lieut.-Colonel. {Approximate cost of Paper. —Preparation : £ . Printing (1,225) copies: 16s. 3d.]

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