MILLER'S FLAT BLOCK.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 351, 29 April 1874, Page 3

MILLER'S FLAT BLOCK.

{To the Editor.) Sib. —l do not think this question is receiving the attention its vital importance to the futurity of the Mount Benger portion of the province merits. People appear stunned and silent while the charges are wrung and a vile combination of shingle reef and sand panned upon them instead of the fertile soil promised so often and so solemnly. The people appear struck dumb. I would that that were all for in two notable instances an interview with officialdom has proved sufficient to pervert the loudest assenters of the rights of the people, and enough to convert unculturable wastes into " the best block obtainable under the circumstances." Sir, we expect no faith or consideration from the capitalists who prey upon our birthright, nor from those abject slaves the traitors who misrepresent us, but from members of our own class, from those who suffer -with m wliose interests are entirely bound up with us we at least have reason to expect loyalty and support. Sir, I contend there should be no questions of this block or that, but let the people have all. It is their right, and will be theirs when they demand with all their might and energy. —l am, &c. Law iob the People. Mount Benger, April 24th...