THE ATTITUDE OF THE KINGITES.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 667, 21 September 1876, Page 2

THE A TTITUDE OF THE KINGITES.

Slß— Under (ho abore headi .q appears a paragraph in the lust weekly ' Heral 1' whch t »tea " that Tawhiao, N$ ku. and others went carefnlly orer the Parliamentary papers onUimng the acco nits of th • Lite conference between Sir D mall MeLt-un and Tawh uo." Thit information i* said tj ba supplied by " person* resident amongst the Kmnite«," who »pp*r ntly only f lvour the 'Hrild" wuh the m -ws. The question therefjre natunlly bu gi*sts it-elf, are these persons on the pay of that paper, if not. how is i' the/ o i y patronize the o lumni of thit journal, to the exuliuion of the ioo»I aad otner|aewipaperB P When the Herald depioti "King" Taw hiao «nd his lending chiefs as peru^iig Parliamentary Papers, aad Harvard Keporio I'^.efullv, ourely that journa. and the Na-ire Minister's bitrerest. truducor* maat con/ra'u'tife that gentlemin up -n t e success of his administration of natire affair-, as it i» only since hi* inti?rTie*s with that gable n> narcb, an.i his chief, that we hear of tliefr mdul^mg ia »uih oiviliz-d luxuries astheabor.% Ante-ior to that ddtr, »uoh a pleasing improvement .n their dis^o ition, etc, was nevtr chronicled, At to tan ' Herald' beinij able in f week or two to furnis ; i the inatur d opinions of Tawhiao, why that it one of the subtleties of diplomacy displayed by its numerous cirrrtp >'idonts. " 'Mo get whom are sereral Engliihmea of pith, Sixt, en n lined Thompson, and nineteen named Smith," Who, if they can say that it was with reluctance th it Tawhiao met Sir Donald McLe-n, can as reidily manuf'ic'ure that matured opinion which we aro to receive in a week or two, and which no douJit i» already in the archive! of Wrndham»trivt. It ir time the oHusive force which a few persons h<tve indulged in so freely agamit the natire administration of the preiert Government for the la-t few mouths, should be brought to a close, as it must be patent to erery Waikato settler that the persistence in iuoh a course cannot be conducive to the welfare of the district, nor promote that peace and prosperity therein, the perpetual maintenance and increaic* of which I presume to be the deareat wish in the hearts of every good settler in tbe distr.ut. It is therefore to be hoped that the present interferes with our aboriginal neighbours will speedily collapse into itrn.g promoters of the publio weal— l am, &o, Lo iKEE OX. Sept 11th, 1876.