ALEXANDRA. May 1st, 1876.

Waikato Times, Volume x, Issue 616, 2 May 1876, Page 2

ALEXANDRA. May Ist, 1876.

■wo time or place has yet beea lfred .fo.r the great uativo making which "all are anxiously expecting. '"The King is evidently waiting to .hear from" the Wence Minister, and a messenger bearing- 'desrmtches for his Majesty left here Ust Sridiy. The natives certainly wish'to meet the Governor, but consider .that a meetinr hel^ftt.Kawhia would be a failure, as fe* but the Kawhia natives would be there. If the Government desire to meet the natives as a bo Iv, th»y say let them call a, meeting at Waifcomo, ai?Ld. aa the JNg»ti«

niAuiopoto soem inclined to side with us, it would be rao^t desirable to meet on their territory that they might be well represented. An absurd report has bocu in circnlation here for some time to the. effect thic the Government hare been Lining lar^e blocks of land af llarapipi from William Aicken and -others to present to the liau'.uus as a peace offering, If such a tiling were possible, it would siraplv bring us into contempt, and encoiuage them to hold oat in demanding the restoration of all "Waikato. No greater blunder Cv>uld possibly be committed. Common sense olearlv dictates that we should endeavour to make them distinctly uuderstand th.it every inch of laud which we conquer by the bword is gone from thoir power, if wo wish to give them a whole some dread of getting into a row with us. The fear they have oHoo-an^ the re iniuder of their lauds is the only tiling that kee;>s them so quiet, and we cau gai'i nothing by rn.ikuig peace with them, unless we can destroy tlie .King's influence Buliiciently to break up tlu land league of which be is the Lcjul. Wo can gun no further sei-untv by getlm^'i treaty signed, but if it ib the means of confirming his authority as head of this laud league, it may have tho effect of enabling him tj lock up the countiy till (he land, through our exertions, mes to such a, valuo in the market, that we shall be ooligod to pay for what we require at a ruinous price. We can gain little by signing a treaty, but; we may loose a great deal by it, it it so far recognises Tawhiao's authority that it interferes with, our leasing or puichisiujf land without his s motion. Ko produce is coming' down the river us they are forbiddei to sell at tho presont price-*, au 1 gram of all kinds it> unobtainable here. Some bay that it is to be kepfcJbuclc for tluee mouths. — 1(1uom1 (1 uom a. <Jot.^SPONDIiN 11.I 1 .