WAIMATE PLAINS.

Temuka Leader, Volume 2, Issue 135, 9 April 1879, Page 2

WAIMATE PLAINS.

Ve are in a position to state (says the ‘ New Zealander’) that Mr Mackay’s report to the Native Minister will, when made public, effectually dispel any lingering apprehension that, in the settlement of the Waimate difficulty, there will be no need for appeal to arms. Nothing is further from Te Whiti’s thoughts. In ids conference with Messrs Mackay and Blake ho adopted the character of a practical man of business, and told them plainly to drop all metaphor and circumlocution and come at once to the point with any offer they might be authorised by the Government to make in settlement of the dispute. He ignores what he terms the paper confiscation of the land, and claims in Jaw and in equity that if the Government want quiet possession, they must make reasonable compensation as an ordinary matter of business. Pending the amiable adjustment of the affair, the land which it is intended to dispose of on the Plains has been temporarily ■withdrawn from sale, but this does {not in any way imply that negotiations are otherwise than satisfactorily progressing.