THE PATEA MAIL. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays. WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1875.

Patea Mail, Volume 1, Issue 27, 14 July 1875, Page 2

THE PATEA MAIL. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays. WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1875.

We trust that the various committees who have recently been exerting themselves in collecting signatures to the petition to he presented to Parliament, praying for the construction of a section of the Waitara-Wanganui railway in the Patea district, will at once consider as to the best method in disposing of their petition. As Parliament will be in session in the course of a few days, it is desirable that some concerted action should be agreed upon, and in order to bring about this, we would suggest that a meeting of the different committees should be held tin ring* the coming week, and that the throe members representing Patea in the Provincial Council, should be invited to cooperate in the movement. {Settlors should not rest satisfied with the success which attended Mr McGuire's motion in the Council referring to the subject, but follow up the matter by seeking the co-operation of the several members representing Taranaki and Wellington in the General Assembly. We are of opinion if two or three gentlemen could be found willing to proceed to Wellington a® a deputation to the Minister of Public Works, much good would be likely to result from their labours, and would be the means of convincing the Government that wo regard the matter with some interest. We feel certain that Major Atkinson’s connect‘o i with the Ministry will add additional iniluencc and support to the petition. The native residents in Multan district, north of Taranaki, have lately expressed a desire that Mokau should be opened as a port for shipping business, and with a view of bringing about this boon, it is reported that Manga, or Lewi Maniapoto, has offered to sell to the Government a block of land in that quarter, which will afford ample scope for settlement, and will have the effect of immediately causing a trade to spring after the introduction of the pakcha into the now forbidden territory. It appears that the Mokau natives lately exported a quantity of pigs for sale in the New Plymouth market, but thier exports did not realise to their satisfaction, as a largo number of the porkers were sacrificed. The natives are of opinion the establishment of a port at Mokau would he the means of attracting shipping and creating a ready outlet for their produce. The block about to bo offered for sale is situated north of the Mokau river.