MOHAKA.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 5, Issue 275, 7 June 1865, Page 3

MOHAKA.

(From a Correspondent.) June 3. The opposition to Mr Pearse has broken up. The £5 penalty induced several to enrol themselves, and the remainder had the discretion to yield quietly though unwillingly. There is a feeling that Mr Lavin has been treated rathar shabbily, after having the nominal command in the district for about eighteen months at the expense of much time and trouble. But what of that ? He is not the first man by a few who has served the public disinterestedly without being thanked for it; but I fancy the real cause to be that he is not sufficiently subservient. Government wants tools, not independent supporters. He once appealed to Auckland against Major Whitmore, and there is evidently a black mark against his name. You may have noticed a somewhat similar case in Auckland a few weeks ago, A Lieut. Lomax, of the Waikato Militia, dared to publish a firstrate letter in the Weekly News, detailing the grievances of the Waikato military settlers, and the many breaches of-faith on the part of the Government. The following [mail brought the Gazette of his commission being cancelled.