ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 847, 20 November 1877, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

Nov«mb3«- 16 hj 1877. The nativ) news is of no great tauc* here lately. That ths present ({•virnment has succeeded in keeping in office, it i< hardly to s«y hie given.the natives the liveli st satisfaction. During the deb-ite on oe mo-ion, T.iwhißo*s nv-asengers were down daily to know hj. >w Chinas were going on in'-'Parliament.," The, : niiiiy 8 in faot appear© I to take f«r m>re interest, in it the, settle;s. P od, u\ very scarce with them juso now, so muoh so that tawbiao himself Is frequently limited to "..he feed of po>ato.s a'daj, their principal food consisting of ma-irioubb'ige only. Taev have however tak n up several tons of potaibes arid flour from here lat ly to Hikurangi. The flour lam informe dis to be stored until Sir Gteor«e paya them his anticipated visit. All are hard at work at flika«angi, getting in all the seed pptito-s ihey can manage to get- hold of. O'Connor's interpreter h«s i returned to Kopua t-j see Mmuhiri. He went up ye tarda.'. O'Oonno is to meet the naiiires by arrangement at Kopua in a f rtnight's time Your leaders on the Wha'aWnata and roads gave great satiufuction here, an i it is generilly rumoured they were not with ufc tff ot, arid tint the Alexanlra and JNewcas le road will shortly be commenced by he men »f the A.O. force—Own OoaJREg. POfIDBNT.