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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 812, 30 August 1877, Page 2

JUf split between the Ngatitaania- 1 pot» aud tbe Waikatos kmdeniilg', despite th^t^p^nts^ffiigipngto pr'eservp^lp iinity £f**sjffi^Mori peopled ''^At tbja^ iifitive naeeM^at Hikuk^i,| Tj ' fogiikau s^S^ly urged the ohiets.to hand tbeins^lveß over abaoluteijr to -the' V King and follow him 'Blindly, bat the. only" thing woi-th remark m connection with the meeting was the fact that Rewi and the Ngatimaniopotos, with a few exceptions, were not present, and it is well known that his followers weielnot present at that chiefs request; Some say that Kewi will have nothing further to do with Tnwhiao's meetings, as he intends m future to live at peace with the Europeans, and no longer be led by the Waikatos. The Kingites are well aware of their weak point, and if the Government are only as discerning, we shall soon be m a position to assert our rights and not tamely submit to the forbidden^ on pain ot death, to cross the confiscated boundary line when m pursuit of felons, while they themselves wan ter at pleasure through our settlements m all directions. It is s.id that the meeting was abruptly closed as the King's provisions ran short, but more -probably the absence of so many of the Ngatimaniopoto was the real cause ot its proving such a miserable failure.