THE Bay of Plenty Times.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume V, Issue 428, 18 October 1876, Page 2

THE Bay of Plenty Times.

'THE SihP.iT OF VM TiiViES SHALL TEAOII ME S?EB." • KING JOHN, AC'I

Wednesday, October 18, 1876.

The gentlemen forming the Kaimai Committee have earned the thanks of the settlers, and the public generally, for the earnest manner in "which they have taken up the question of the early opening of the Kaimai country for gold prospe3ting. JNot a day has passed since their election as delegates, chosen at a public meeting to act on the public behalf with the Government, without their having met together and thoroughly discussed the situation. The numerous communications that they have had with the Government, through Sir Commissioner Brabant, have not been of eb satisfactory a nature as could have been wished, and clearly satisfied the Committee that* the cordial assistance which it was hoped would be received from the Government is not forthcoming. Such being the case, the Committee, beariDg in mind the positive instructions given them by the public, and, with what we consider, commendable promptitude, waited on the Ngaiterangi chiefs, requesting their co-operation. A deputation consisting of Messrs J. 0. Young, Firth Wrigley, Warbrick, and Edgcuinbo, went to Matapihi on Monday by appointment, and had a long inter view with the principal interested natives, which resulted in an arrangement being arrived at, that at an early date the. whole of the natives in-

terested in* the Kaimai block, -include in^ the Pirirakau obstructionists — a small handful of twenty inen^sliould assemble^ a| ..'SSThiareroa, when the ' whole question of the why and wherefore of the existing obstruction .will be thoroughly gone into.. This having been ascertained,, the next steps to be taken,, will be the devising of some means to prevent a continuance of the present impediments.. The public have, we Sre . pleased -to see, come forward in a spirited manner, and liberally subscribed towards the incidental expenses which, have necessarily been incurred j the natives also evidently talring a very lively interest in the opening of Kaimai, a& they have insisted upon providing all the food, &c, necessary for the meeting at Whareroa. If Kaimai. is not .opened, it will not be for the want of interest taken in the matter;.