The Native Meeting.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3193, 14 May 1879, Page 2

The Native Meeting.

Testerday's: Proceedinffs,

:„■ • (FJIOX OUE, OWW COBEBBPOKDIKT.) Letter to Ta^Mfto ftom Sir The Promier Adhering; to his • The following is a translation of a letter Friend Tawhiao.-rl siend you the-Jetter foffhe^urpdii^ of fishing |jrou iildrfyo4r ftatementlmade iamy spfiech lust ejreniig to'the'meetinsft I intend, to retu^a to Auckland at one o'clock,'tO'day^. :I V cam¥:here for the third time to meet you and yooir wople, fully ekpeotiagibhat you and they were qtiite as-anxiouß as myielf *to Wing about a fibal abd satisfactßry settlemUt of all outitandiDg troubles, it has caused me*Sdrrbw tb 1 findjiHaf suWf nrcM'ti%& has recently^.talcen. place in your views, and wittfin so «h;ort' a ... You and joaif advisers j know ' tKe' real-' 5 ieaicfos which har« led : to this alteration in your disposition, but at present I am ignorant bi' tHe causes .which have^iiifluenced you. Here-, after all that will be known, and it will be; seen' how -far you have been r'wise in rejecting the friendly; overtures and subitaniiialSprbpsils -to- %ovL-* f'6ti behalf %fc t%e Government .'of' the'" Colony. '»yFrien^ f there is but one thing which I said in my Ipeeoh ioi llast evening: that H, wilb npjwf repeat to ybui '.<i THis is it •: When I leive EopufttOrday, liswill take. .with:, roe all the prjoppsalr m^e> itP^QHt) fV Hikurangi. I withdraw them absolutely, and if at any)tinleliereafter( this Government and, ; yourself should .again discuss, the terms of then^eptingi everything will have to begin afresh, and you will not be able,to start upon the,batis,of the Jiiku-" rangi proposals-, .which..will have departed this day_with me, and willJjejreatteijiave. ceased to exist. This is not an idle word, for when, twelve months ago, I made yoju those offers, arid ybu> asked for time to consider them; and consult with the chiefs pf other tribes who .were not present at the meeting, I agreed to that course. Thereupon X paused all the lands which I proposed to give bock to you, and tkoae from which you were to select portions to be m&dpjapu, so that they might not be purchased and lost to you; i and for twelve months those lands have been tied up to the'great discontent of, many who "have come into the Waikato district to settle down, and have not been able to procure land. As our arrange-, ments are now ended, the tapu on these lands will be removed,' and they will not further be held from aale. Friend, goodbye. Do not imagine that Igo away in

anger; I was your father's friend ; I have been your friend also, and will continue to be you^friend in the days to come. I leave not in anger, but in sorrow; because you have not been wise enough to accept the benefits offered to you ; and because the hope which I have cherished for years, that I might be the means of placing yourself and your people in a condition of prosperity and peace, has been again deferred. That is all from me, from your friend, Geobge Gbey."