ALEXANDRA.
February 26. Large numbers of nativeß are now assembling at Hikurangi for their annual meeting. The Kawhia arrived some days 1 since, and Tawhiao is at Pai Whenua I with Major Te W,h.eftro waiting the arrival of some of the southern tribes. A good many of the Ngatihaua people gassed through here on Saturday with a ullock dray loaded with eels for the meeting. There seems little or no sympathy felt amongst them for the murderer Patui, or what will be his ultimate fate. Qf course i$ would have' Keen Very different'had he stiebbeded 1 m effecting 1 bis escape amongst them. Mrs Morgan and family are still residing here, with, the ' e?c£ptipn of foxee qf tb,e pbildjen at shcool, and nos a|» Kawbia a.s reported m BOine of you* contemporaries, It is intended, I am informed by some of the family's friends, to *cc if gome compensation cannot oe oltalned for the children for the brutal murder of their father while m Government custody. Business is generally dul] a few sacks of tMs- year' 8 produce' only having os c yet come down for sale. Or Hill's proposed meeting last week to consider the advisability of bringing the Counties Act into force m the district, was a failure, no ore being present.— Own CurBBS?ONDBNT.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 734, 1 March 1877, Page 3
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