THE TE AWAMUTU MEETING.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 849, 24 November 1877, Page 2

THE TE AWAMUTU MEETING.

Sir, — I sincere y .case ttia , for ttie g>od oi uae o.'iouy au iitrgd, aad t/ueauVaiiooLui uool tue W *ik.i Oiu (.hiC tuo ,iaoo«*"fi ' tlO "^'*J' »>*»'i *>> cvoty legiDiaisice 'aioiiiid iu iDa oupporc cao pieueiac Orovoiuinouo. Fruiu uae bogiUdia^ to C.a<i «at ut til) Uuverutueat. tue u o^ld ul buia Uisriot, ds^eoially, h».vo beuntieutdd witi> iu .rk«d uo^leoc, iiati 000l iuuiit'<iiua«jw uy tao lnoa ilixeoutitfo. it wa* wea i-ttuiAViitta timt should A majubcr of cut) late uovtiruinaub piy au uuiutal ivuic to lu« s'V.nku.o, ha obu.iiou3i> avoidoa iu am yragroii mroaga t^j doita to ?wi6 or t»a^a chrou^u auy ot

he to wnshii b withiu this . p paleus dl9 not. ,|ittuue f ic whs, consequent on raoont ft\j^li«iou fi of looal gov.emmeiif.| Auckland, under a Superintendent/ that settlers* here, ia order .to reaoh v t W autuonties at Weihn^OQ,, wj» pM^ed, wieh unusual ireqaenoy, tQ hqld meting* for the redress of some .Jgo&li Jyibjljc grievance. And, although membriala were draw? up and signed. MsP' tioos pa?Bfed an I forwa defl to the late Ekeouti v«i' at' W t llingtom codbßed in the' most, reap* otf til tertna, they ' falled'^to' o tit tin frbm the Government either : sympathy 'br satisfaction. But thef most extraordinary part of our rule in connection witli theso me.tin^a •4raß-'Bb6 > »- dwboverW and ■brought to light by the i eraeve'riiid'a" 'f th*B opiioaition in the House It nppea*ed ; ttitit if a settler, buiug an enrolled 'Volunteer prestt-Hbd to raVso : his ' voioe at those meetings against those m etinga, againßt what he deemed ' th« Uwrbng ding of a- government offijial, or the Uftbitual neglect •of tue Atkinson -goverument towards the inforeattf of- ,ihia- ,dißtri.6t f ,l he was i previously reported to Wellington! by the oommandaut for breach of military deßcipliad I trust that the aittlers of : thu Highway Dutriot, every mam from Oaaupo to Omkaa, and/all the neighbournood jound will Bhoyy at the meewng on S*turaay , : . : „ ■ . . . -• ,. ; . .-. . . ...... -.;_ '. " That theii'a the land that freeman till ; Taap sober suited freedom choae, The laud where girt wii.li friends or foes, A man miy speak the thihghe 'willi'A < ; J —lam, «0., JAANOIAOHIA ' 21st Xiuvember, 1b77.