TAURANGA.
THE ARAWAS AND THE TELEGRAPEI
[fbom otjb own coeeespondent.] June 1, The news from the Arawa country is rathei startling. We here were disposed to thinV that the opposition to the telegraph by tk tribe was merely bounce, but we now leu that Fox, the fighting chief, a major in tin service, and employed making roadi, witli number of natives, is very hostlo to tin p» gress of the work, demanding an exhorbital sum of money for the timber of wlMtbi posts are made, and the heavy ground rental £1 per post for the privilege of ereotit them on the ground. The contractors are at a stand, aid tie works must also so remain until Mr, HJ Clarke, C.C., shall have succeeded in effecting an arrangement with the voracious claimants. It is only natural to expect that they will no; be pacified without some allowance being made to them, and. the amount of that concession will be the subject of negotiation, Persons from the interior do not likethil present aspect of affairs. ~ X
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 125, 3 June 1870, Page 2
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