MEETING OF DELEGATES.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 111, 21 January 1873, Page 2

MEETING OF DELEGATES.

A meeting of the delegates from the various districts of the Middle and Upper Wuikalo was held at tho lloyal Hotel, Hamilton, on Friday evening, 17th in»t. Mi- Vmlou, of Hamilton, wa^ yutcd to tho cb,air. Mr Moms wns elected secretary. Mr C. Ivobertson, a delegate froip, Iho Thames, after being introduced to the meeting, stated that ho had been instructed by the peopleof tho lh.iimfa district to visit the Wnikato, nd endesnour to draw the tctlkis' at tint ion to the siibjeU of a, direct and ensy eoinmunie.ition between those district*. The poldticld was in no waj c.ip iblo of bocoinintj an jijiripultnral di-tnct, mid was dependent chicfl\ ujion a few Auclvlund traders for the supply of meat and iood, and it wus> thought by tho people ho represented that tho rioli

Waikali diiti'ict wiw tlio p> iinL Him,* should lu->lt to <'^.o ej then du^ipl.o3 I'lie T.idLu'd want s, source o^ * (> tlieuvdvi-.. niul tin* Wul ilo si'ilVro want a rc<td} u + wket {or the r piodiut 1 , and tlu-> eival'l rcvAily bo obtained bv means oi i r.uluat, which would also open up a very largo .irjricullur.il district at present comparatively inaccessible. The Iju^bvitr oi the native question, only e\istod m the minds of thoao who «ore interested in civat'ng it — for all the information lie could got, and lie had bought it from reliable ■-OUIW-., was th r t tho natives would not be opposed to a railway parsing th cough their lands. He bolicvul it was the interest of both districts — Thames and Wsnkafo — to obtain a ready and easy means of communication bptween each other, and the only way it could bo done was for both districts to work unanimously together, for he believed the uiytcd voice of some 17,000 settlers must compel the got eminent to comply with their desires. Tho following draft of Memorial to Hi 3 Excellency the Governor was drawn up and adopted, and it was resolved — " That the chairman be instructed to forward a copy of the same to the chairman of each district asking him to proeuro fche signature, of the inhabitants thereto." Tho following resolution was also agreed to, and the chairman was instructed to forward the same to Major Jackson, MIIR for the Waikato— " That this meeting of the representatives of the various Highw ay Districts appointed to draw up a Memorial to His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G., Governor, in reference to communication between the Waikato and the j Thames goldfield, request that Major Jackson, M.H.R. for this district, 00-operatc with the representatives of the Thames and East Coast, in taking such steps as may bo deemed by them most expedient during tho ne\.t session of the General Assembly to obtain the object sought for by the Memorial " It was further resolved — " That a deputation consisting of the following gentlemen]- — Major Wilson, Mr Innes, Capt. Beer.*, Mr Vialou, Capt. Steele, Messrs. P. Leslie, J. llnnciman, S Steele, J. D. Hdl, and Major Juckson, representatives from each of the district committees, wait upon His Excellency the Governor and the lion, tho Defence Minister on their arrival at Hamilton to lay the^raattor more fully before them." The meeting concluded by a vote of thanks to Nr Robertson, and also to the chairman