MEETING AT CAMBRIDGE. Cambridge, Monday, 2.10 p.m.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 155, 6 May 1873, Page 2

MEETING AT CAMBRIDGE. Cambridge, Monday, 2.10 p.m.

A meeting was held on Saturday afternoon at Cambridge. Over one hundred perrons were present. Mr Muckaj nt- i ti-nded at the request of the meeting. He imid he wai not a servant of the Government ; but, in the absence of Dr l'ollen and Mr Kemp, lie had been asked to come to Cambridge to enquire and report upon the circumstances of the late murdrr. A messenger had gone up to the king to ask if tho murder had been committed with hu consent, and if lie would \<\\c the murderers up to justice, or, failing that, if he would nllow the European* to go nm \ i nko them. No answer had as jet been received. Mr Maekaj declined to give am inloi'inatiun us to tlie im-ius of tlio parties unplu ■.(-■rl in* '.he murder, and pointed mil, how nb-ur.l it, uiw to suppose tint either he could or would give nil the information ho had (ollected in iclereme to the matter, as if he did bo it would be known to every Maori in the settlement within an hour's time This, how e\cr, he said, he could iwstue the meeting that the Government were doing and would do even thin.; to ceeure the safety of the settlers. As to what action the (Sot eminent would take in tho event of tho king refusing to give up tho murderers, that was n question for their conMrlcraiion and not for his, he was merely there to inquire and report. The following resolutions were passed unanimously :—: — ''That while the cetllen are desirous to gne the Government iMcry facility to nintnre tlieir phmx, tliey will not rest sitisfiud with \vn thaii the legal punishment of the murderers ; and that Messrs Ixuiieiman, Walker, Clail, nnd Fisher be appointed a committee to wahh the eour->o of e\<'iit*, and, if necessan , l« cull a general nueting of settlers." " I'ii.it this meeting agnin oils tho attention of the Government to tho lttsolution of last ncctiu^ m lefemicu to Llock-houBCS, and would suggest that a chain

of redoubts bo erected at various positions on tlie oonlNcation laud, to be g.uriboned by the Ann^d Constabulary ' " That this, meeting beheveb that it is the duty of the 'jovernmeut to give 'power to the military officeis of the distnet to act independently of the Uovetnment, it occasion should aiise." '•That a vote of thinks- be sent to the Editor of the U'aikafo Tnnri, and also to tho Kew Zealaiul I£i raid, tor lho 3t< night foiw.ud way m which they have made public the facts of Sullivan's murder ; and that a vote of censure be passed upou the Daily Southern Crois for the erroneous ami one-sided manner m which they have placed the case liefore the public. " Mr Mackay has started for Tok.iuqamntu to see the King relative to the minder, lie is now at Alexandra. Alexandra, Monday, 1 1 am Mr Mackay arrived here last night, ami has just started for Kuiti to demand the murderers. 4.30 p. m A native has just arrived here ; he met Mr Mackay close to Kuiti. Me had met with no niteri upturn. Wahanni and party are neir I [ami. Auckland, Monday, 7 30 p.m Matthews, a busliinmi, late of the Bombay Settlement, hubcou kdled by the falling of a tree. The tree was burned through, and fell on diceused whilst carrying tea from tho hut to his brotlier- lii-law. Prospecting is still proceeding stf, Waitekauri and on the Huinn Mock, Ohinemuri, under £1 permits from tho natives, who state that it has In en the fault, of tho Government that tho land was not opened lonj» -isjo Sii\KEU\Kkhi — National Hank. 20-> ; South British, 33s ; Caledonian, £17 ; I'ndo of Tokuten, 2s 3d ; Lullalo, 3s ; Moanntaian, 32-. Siiiri'iNG — The Man Webster ha* arrived at Onohunga from Adelaide, and Wellington, ».s., sailed for the South.