NATIVE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 97, 20 March 1884, Page 2

NATIVE NEWS.

It ews f om liav/a ! .ft ; . Ths Governors Visit.

(USITKU I'HICSS ASSOCI-VriO^..). Auckland,, Mitrcli 17

Tlie following ai-c the pariictilars of the Gi-ovi'mor's visit to Ka^'hia : — His Excellency landed and was met and welcomed by the native chiefs and people. Hone te One, Hone Wekere, and Pikia, chiofs of J:he JN-gatikikaira"-tilTTe, -Tatalii'Rahi, chief of the Ngatihaua, and 'J'iki Taimona wore the spokesmen for^thfi natives,. aad-Oft -their"*" behalf expressed great pleasure at his Excellency's visit. Pahi said the natives did not desire to sell their land, but to lease is. Their boundary w^s ten miles from the shore, and they considered themselves. responsible for what happened within this "boundary. His Excellency replied, thanking the natives for their friendly greeting. "He said Ho had found that Kawhia was a line harbor, where a ship could stay m calm weather while the ocean was disturbed, and its bqauty was beypnd.his expectations. Ite then referred to the : recently increased value of the land, one-eighth of, an acre having been sold^for £40Q, and he attributed this/to. Jhe ( adyanti- ' ag^H.-derivable from the; establish raeniti of a jfcown, there. He wished to.see/the land cultivated even niore, tj^an m >t^ past v fio that the natives would become pioHperqus by scouring, money ; , tjrqnl „ their prpdtice. He entreated them to .rc.lrain from spending money Jm drinki /■which destroyed both body and soul. TiH'y>should, he remarked remain sober and work, and they could then bui}d i good houses and decorate them, , and; . have fine, gardens, buggies, hprses,./ind; good road* could also be niade— -roads such as .that which was being .made.be-! Uveen Aolea and Kawhia, and. also towards Alexandra, which , would pppn! up the country to the harbor, and, this would tend to their welfare^'. His Excellency also urged upon the natives the advisability of educating their^hUdren, and, m cpucjusion, he asked, jihein, to decline t the advice of those who said the Maoris should .sail m a canoe by, themselves. They should not trust, to their little canoe,' but come into the big ship with the Europeans. A,t;th.e, conclusion of tlie 'Governor s address some of the chiefs begged His Excellency to arrange -4hat no hotels should be licensed inrtihe place,and that, a, native school should be estaVjlished, ' anH" 'that the Armed Constabulary who had been withdrawn should be allowed to return.' After the meeting, His Excellency \ visited the : old missionary station, after which he re-embarked. ' '• ' ' ' '