GISBORNE.
This day.
The Hon. J. Sheehan and Sir George Grey addressed the natives yesterday afternon. A large muster took place, and many speeches of welcome were delivered. Mr Sheehan, replying, told the natives plainly that they might give up all hope of competing with the pakeha as an idle dri>am, unless they mended their ways. He urged genernlly llie .importance of education nud temperance, amongst them. He wns well avi'aroof tho local grievances the district Inboured under, and promised to return to Gisborne within a fortnight or llireo weeks to look int<> them. The Hinemoa lef* about mid bight for Wellington. A great desire exists among tlie Ngaiiporou tribe to have a new Maori newspaper. The local todies here are hiving ilu" natives placed on the electoral roll. This will increase the number of voters by somo six or seveu hundred.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2778, 9 January 1878, Page 2
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142GISBORNE. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2778, 9 January 1878, Page 2
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