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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 365, 7 April 1866, Page 3

The Natives. —We clip the followfrom the Southern Cross, of the 21st inst.: —VV r o are informed by a gentleman having the very best means of information that the news received from Taurangais ofafavorable nature as concerns the disposition of the natives. They have thought better of what a few weeks ago they seemed to have resolved on—namely, to resist the taking of that portion of the land which was confiscated. They have now made up their minds, it is said, to give up the land peacefully ; but they still wish for aa interview with the Governor. William Thomson has sent word, iua nswer to an invitation, that he will not come down to Tauranga to see the Governor. He will, he says, meet the Governor only in Waikato. The Opoxiki Teagedt.— The Southern Cross, 20th March, has the following:—Of the church and fatal wi’.bw tree at Opotiki we have received two excellent photographs. They nave a mournful interest, which all JScw Zealand settlers must ever attach to them. Faithful iu execution, they will form a prominent position in the history of New Zealand yet to bo written. The photograph* art by Messrs Page and Jkaynes.