THE WAIKATO NATIVES .
Judge Fenton’s negotiations with the Kingitc natives at Whaliwhatihoe have been attended with some success already. He has induced the chiefs to send-down twenty representatives to examine the. land which which the Government have offered to the King natives as a reserve for settlement, and the principle of the scheme is thus approved. If the proposals are accepted by any large number of landless natives and they remove to the reserves sot apart for them, matters with the remainder of the Kingites will he simplified. The Ngatimaniapotos, freed from the squatters on their lands, would feel greater freedom in negotiating tor the opening of the country. The Government proposals to Tawhiao as the head of the King movement, having failed, Mr Bryce is proceeding on the Man of detaching his followers, and they exhibit fewer scruples about accepting the Government bounty than Tawhiao did. The block set apart some years ago for returned Kingites has been continuously occupied since, and the natives appear to be very well satisfied. The plan of settling these landless natives on reserves, thereby allaying their feelings of discontent and restlessness, is an admirable one.— Auckland Star.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 970, 11 December 1882, Page 3
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194THE WAIKATO NATIVES. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 970, 11 December 1882, Page 3
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