Great Native Meeting.
; ; {Special io the ]„,. i Waitaba, THi'd Day." A great native, meeting , has taken place liere, Titokbwaifu being the leading spirit. About 1400 natives were present, xnost of them dn horseback. The meeting partook more of the character of a Tbig picnic and^feed than a gathering of political signification. The natives had with them pearly one thousand hqrg&s;be- ; sides a number of single., and double buggies,- 3ray s, .and trap's. They proceed ' to-day to 1 a 1 'settlement further o'nj -called ; Waihi, thence to Wain ui,. and farther oiiitoivards the White Cliffs. Te \Vhiti is not with them, has instructions ire to' behave quietly. The Natives have been rery orderly here.. 'The natives are pre-t sent front all portions of West Coastjand , their departufe this mornidg waka^veTy imposing cavalcade. Titokowaru riding m. a boggy. ; ' Mr Bryce .Was 1 here' on ! Thursday and <Mr Beetham, M.&.U.; '.yreßterday,: ; .'-:\Vi ■■ ■. .■ :/*;•>;>,•;, ■;.■<;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 98, 28 March 1885, Page 3
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149Great Native Meeting. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 98, 28 March 1885, Page 3
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