It would not be easy to convey to persons at a distance the fb6Lmga,o walo}ti.ed_x)n. ; witneß.sjng the return of Wireinu Kingi to Waitara. Sncir ~a~ thing has boeu so often rumoured and as often postponed, that we had ceased to expect that the ,old chieftain would ever quit the seclusion of his 'new home at Ngaiimaru. When, however, it was known that he had crossed the Urenui and moved onwards to Waiiii, expectation was ngain aroused, and early on Thursday morning Wiiemu } Kingi appeared with a largo following on the east of the river, where he rested some time. '[They wero afterwards mostly crossed in boats find canoes, over fifty of the party on horseback fording the river in single file, the whole party .beijig welcomed to the west bank by tho resident ina'trves with the customary tangi, shouting and '4i,. g.
