NEW ZEALAND ITEMS BY THE MAILS.
It is rumoured that Sir Hercules; Robinson intends . visiting England during the spring, . Sir Dillon Bell’s health is unsatisfactory, and his physicians recommend a warmer climate. Sir W. Fox has sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies a letter re native matters, for the purpose of cleaving away any misconception as to the importance of the recent Maori mission. The letter was read before the Colonial Institute, and, in the course of the discussion afterwards Sir Chas. Clifford stigmatised the treaty of Waitarigi as a “mockery, a delusion and a sha»’ The Duke of Manchester remarked thSt the Maoris seemed thoroughly, friendly now, but, during his short stay in New Zealand, he saw and heard sufficient to convince him, that there was no Englishmen in the colony bnt would regret their extinction. r : The Auckland arid Hawke’s Bay Loan Company, with a capital of £IOO,OOO, is now being formed in London. ; . . ■
The Bishop of Nelson returns to the colony this month,
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1007, 9 March 1883, Page 2
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169NEW ZEALAND ITEMS BY THE MAILS. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1007, 9 March 1883, Page 2
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