WAITOTARA.
(l-’UUM OUK COUEIiSI'oN DENT.) ; ;-.Thursday .last saw out natives all dispersing.'. to theirs several homes : the Piranui ami Auroa natives taking away' wool "bales and goods, to be in readiness for their wool dip, and grass seed, evidently not interested in Te Whiti or his future movements. •A.rumor;was-current here that several of the Momahnki settlers intended leaving -their homes, being ordered, away or frightened by remarks of Kereopa. It cannot be correct, as that noteworthy has been at Purihaka for some time past, excepting a short visit he paid here during the sitting of the Native ; Lands Court ; but be. -only stopped ,a few days. Our ,uatfves/;at-the present, time are too busy w-ith their crops, and;business in.completion of.land transactions, to'all.ow .of-,them, leaving the district to go to Paribaka,.and also the , settlement, of names for the .different being ,arranged by Sir William ;Ppx-tT-is..suffiaient to check any movement that might be made by an .odd ..disaffected one amongst them, as thgy know too. well their interests here in the reserves are too . great to allow them to run any risks of forfeiture. , Attention *was called some time ago to the state of the road leading to the railway station, but-.the , Highway Board to the present , time have not attended : to it. An accident happened on Saturday, fortu-;
uately .with no serious results, tq a trap .of . Mr- Win. Hurley’?, by getting into one q£ the. holes, of .which there are a few. It, is to.be hoped the Board will attend to thjs during the present fine, weather,: Messrs J. Siheehan, M.H.R,} and R, T. Blake' have been busymmongst the natives
here during,hist week, trying to arrange
;for.the purchase of one or two blocks of ' native lands ,still left for disposal. It is to be hoped the former will act up to, the statements, made during the sittings of the court here—that it matters not to .the na- . tives losing their land as long as they get a fair price for it and ‘the transactions . are carried through decently. The. Waverley-Waitqtara races are now the chief topic of .conversation, and it is to.be hopedramongst our various stables that some of the stakefe will not-be allowed to leave the district.' . ''
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Patea Mail, 2 November 1881, Page 4
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