WHAT A NATIVE REPRESENTATIVE IS GOING TO DO.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 72, 18 May 1868, Page 122

WHAT A NATIVE REPRESENTATIVE IS GOING TO DO.

I , (Prom the Wanganui Times, Hay 7.) ; jCtENEKAij Mete Kingi, M.EI.R., proceedsat. fonce tb'-Waitotard for' the purpose of iheetjing his constituents in that district, fex-- ,! plaining to them his political 'views, and i hearing their opinions as to the 'action ( which; should be taken by the .Colonial ; Parliament in. legislating for the natives, j The hon. member proposes proceeding as j far as‘ Taranaki, but, his friends object to j hia going further - than Waitotara at-pre.-sent. . After his return he will proceed up 1 the river and (i hold a monster meeting at j JSanana, where the Moutoa flag will be i unfurled. The battle of Moutoa was j fought on the 14th May, 1864,'' and the j flag alluded :to was presented to the conquerors by Mrs Colonel Logan, on behalf jof the ladies orWangahni, on the 12th of I December, 1865, on the occasion, of' the ' .'unveiling of the Moutoa Monument at 1 .Wanganui. Around that flag,; and' in ! sight of the battle gr.ond, the tribes will assemble to discuss politics, and there they will be made to feel that they have an interest in the . government of the country.. From there, the hon. member proposes to 1 proced to Taupo, for the.purpose of meeting liis. Bauhau constituents. We hope 1 to be able to give a full report of his poli- ■ tieal tour. . '• ■ •