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; '■ - v - (UNITED PRESS ASSOOIATiOIfi) ■ j '"' Wellington, _De6;i3i : •* , Rewi addressed the following letter to jthe Hod. Mr 'Ballance,! Native Minister.^ ' -i-" I- hare read your letter of the l 21st ;Nttvembecfrom Mr Roohfort* This ..is my reply to it : Yes,, we will • •aßßist i Mr jßochfort and others engaged with . him. upon the survey of a railway line, and remove any difficulties that ,'taay arise,, but theK^will be ho obstruction to the iobnsfruoHon of a railway which' has been agreed to by my people. But, friend, there Is one question which we must consider of great importance which ' we are apprehensive about and that is :the iegislatipn a^ecting üb. I request that you wjll visit us and let us know all ■your intentions ; 5 do 'not withhold any of them as your predecessors did. who came to us and told some of their proi' posafej while 1 they withheld others. Let us be satisfied before laws are made af;fecting. ns; , Ended. ^r.pm,your f riendj Rewi Maniapotoi" ; > ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 14, 15 December 1884, Page 2
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167Native News. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 14, 15 December 1884, Page 2
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