GRAHAMSTOWN. SIR GEORGE GREY'S VISIT. PETITION TO THE ASSEMBLY.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 484, 26 June 1875, Page 2

GRAHAMSTOWN. SIR GEORGE GREY'S VISIT. PETITION TO THE ASSEMBLY.

Sir George Grey is still here. He commented severely on M^kay'^actioujn connection with the opening 1 of Tai?haN He^said •> ,the wnoletof the timber on that bl.jokfc^togentor wi|b^e rveis and stretus, ha I beeaMensed by Ut Maokay to Preece and Graham for forty years, onVfche day before the block was putvha^ed *>y the Ge leral Government. Ho said also that in some cases rights were granted for ninety years. There appears, however,- to be some misau lerstanding about the concessions t » Preece aud Graham, they having held their lease from che natives previously. In repljM^a r¥qmesV th;it rofcds be constructed, his Honor shilL ttie pr^'in^ h.d no money, the General Goveujmfcnt hiking *nn>fa.wfu!ly taken money from the province,\>nt he might recover some in the Supreme Court. He said the Thames ought to petition the General Assembly to have the money, illegally deducted from the Goldfields* Revenue by the General Government to e&pend on Ohinemuri, refunded. A petition isssbefng got up?> iod there is great indignaton and pxcitemen\at t§e Thames, in con* sequence of the disclosures '^pade By the Superiutendent.