CORRESPONDENCE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 283, 23 June 1875, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

Our columns are open for free discussion; bu; we do not hold ourselves responsible for the jtur..Correspondents. r - ’ ;w. | M LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. [ADVERTISEMENT..] J- J-.' Ehoama. —Kuariro tenei wheuua imna ki te Kawanatanga kij?‘ Waimata” —No muri-’ mai naTe Makarini whakahokimai taua kainga i “ Waimata” kia a niatqu, kite iwi nui “Te Rbri^owhakaafa’ 1 ki .inirimai ka hoatu ia ia te wha ran eka ki etahi tangata. He aha te tiknnga o tenei tangata, fyoaturai te wha rau eka mana. Nga tangata o -Rodgowhakaata e pai kite wha rau eka inona kite pihi whetrua i whifkahokiaifiai te Kuwanatanga,, te iwi pui Te ! ■ ,-i. Rita NgungS. Turanganui, Hune 21,1875. ■ t ‘ - *-“[fRANSLAii<)H;] r - -■ Friends.—This bind, at. Wajniata passed into the hands of -the Government formerly Since that, Sir Donald McLean returned that place, Waimata, to us, to the great tri be. Bongowhakaata, since that, he has given 400 acres to someone else. What right lias thi» man to dlsposeTiF tats ®3O acres ToAnyoiU) eree people of Rongowhakaata do not consent to his giving 400 acres out of land that* Bas. been returned by the Government to the great tribe Rongowhakaata.—-Your friend, Pita Ngvngu. Turanganui, June 21,1875. . 348

I . ..[adikstisemeni] EHPA_.-tKua kite ail i te Panueji Pita Ngmigu motewharau ekai homai ete Makarini ki au; kei te mohio a Pita Ngungu ki te putake i homai ai taqa whenua, ki au ; i tukua mai i roto i te Runnnga Maori i te Kooti Hauiha ; i reira ano ia, Lahore ia i whakahe. Ko taua pirihi whenua note Kawanatatiga, kati, e tikaana te homaitanga a to Makarini ki atL Na Keita Waebs. [translation.] Friend—l have seen the letter of Pita Ngungu about the 400 adres given by Sir Donald M'Lean to me. Pita Ngungu knows , the reason why that land was given to me. It was handed over to me at an assemblage of Natives in the Court House. He (Pita Ngungu) was there. He did not object. That piece of land belonged to the Government. Enough. It is right that it should be given to me by Sir Donald M’Lean.—Yours, &c., Kate W yllie. 356