NORMANBY.
* July 31. The surveyors resume their labors on the Waimate Plains to-morrow. Some excitement is expected here, and should the Armed Constabulary Force be required to protect them, the Volunteers are ready and willing to hold the Waihi and Normanby redoubts. The sawmills are again in full work, timber being much wanted. The hotels are being enlarged here, as the present accommodation is quite Inadequate to meet requirements. Report says that another costly European sacrifice is about to be offered at the shrine of that great scare, the “noble savage.” It appears that the Government accepted a site for a railway station, and the deed of conveyance was read at the auction sale. Very high prices were obtained for the adjoining land, and now it is said to be necessary to “ conciliate the Maoris” by placing the station, offices, &c., on their land, which is positively outside the township. If this is done, it will be a costly sacrifice to many Europeans. “ Can such things be 1” is a question asked very warmly by many of the residents here.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5734, 15 August 1879, Page 6
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180NORMANBY. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5734, 15 August 1879, Page 6
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