WAITAHUNA.
[from our own correspondent. ]
There is nothing of any importance from this district to relate save that Mr Macaudrew’s cause gains ground daily. I only write to you to corroborate Mr Macandrew’s statement that much of the opposition shown him arose from the impossibility of supplying billets for all his supporters ; 1 know this to be true of Waitahuna at any rate, Mr Reid’s most enthusiastic supporters being disappointed aspirants for the office of Chairman of the Board of Wardens. This office was in its creation an object of desire by all the adjacent cockatoos, for not only was there a handsome salary attached to it, but it also gave considerable facilities for obliging friendly and punishing hostile cattleowners. Were I to mention names you would be surprised at the very sordid motives which gave rise to the stern patriotism displayed at Mr Reid’s meeting. Unless some of these individuals pull iu their horns and that pretty quickly I shall meet them at Philippi or iu other words expose them on the platform.
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2488, 6 February 1871, Page 2
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174WAITAHUNA. Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2488, 6 February 1871, Page 2
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