Here is a concise but hopeful love-letter, written by a Colorado miner :—" Laven years is rather long to kort a gal, but ile have you yit, Cate."
DESERTING- HER CHILDREN., e fFrom the Lie tor (Sydney), 23rd December.] y The policy of the Rome Government' 1 towards New Zealand is clearly de- [* > fined by Lord Granville 4 # peremptory 1 order for the 18th Eegt. to leave i that colony immediately. It is evi- ’ dent that the unfortunate colonists are not to expect assistance in any shape from the mother country; they are in fact plainly told so. The question of the Maori difficulty is thus virtually handed over to the colonists themselves for settlement. There is but one solution—Extermination ! and if the settlers are forced to adopt it they can hardly be ; blamed. It is a question of which . race shall leave the colony, for while one Maori is alive there will never be peace, ,
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 756, 27 January 1870, Page 3
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155Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 756, 27 January 1870, Page 3
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