GISBORNE.
■ : O^ednesday.. The local Press lately wrotevlidpefully of the prospects of the East Coast district being*: opened up thrbugh Mr. Mackay's arrangements already entered into with, ihe nlatives.o ■ To-day's "Herald ""says. the immense area, of land m the hands of the natires r hi this, part of the country, which is at present totally unproductive, and utterly beyond tlie power of its owners to utilise for pastoral or agricultural purposies, ; it is high time indeed that a change had taken place, and the country was opened up. The natives themselTCs Have formedcommitt.ee,s i .to decide what lands will be sold and what regained." Mr. Sheehan's speech on liative affairs- was well ~ receiyed here . The natives m this part of the country compare Sir George Grey to an old Maori chief whose mana has departed, and who endeavours to use all the powers of necromancy possessed by the priests to restore him -il» his ' fermer greatness. ,c— — "
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 11, 24 November 1877, Page 2
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156GISBORNE. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 11, 24 November 1877, Page 2
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