ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 850, 27 November 1877, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

' " No-einber 23 l d 1577. '• 'iThe.native m«e ug »j Hikur»n fc i lerini;I mte4 yesterday 1 -There were a 1. rge ; <iamb,ci oi-intttivea irora all purfcs. Toe proceed nga.^were aiiuiliar in uli rea| ec 8 •* 0 Qf. •:? a ?, P re /i »»s areo r o which' tppmrei ii i yn'ui' ooluiriiisi the < le i bject of the meeting being to invite all 'he Vibes to coine iu under the King's authority. Te tfg.kau ( Wiuemu Humia) or Tutu » as he is now. called *ns She chief spokesman, on the Kings side. 'CJorae to Hikttrangi! The calf is tie>l ufcthe- cow can always come to give .it ttiilfe,' I pivsurne that those ttibes who i stjtfl remain under the Queen's authority wil' always ba welcomed by^awKiao. To theaur|>riae of many there Was no allusion whatever made to Sir George Grey and the Native Ministers anticipated vi.sifc. If as generally alleged' Tawhiao has invited, them ,np, he has done ao jmtii-ely on his own resuonsioility, or the subject would most as-uredly ha-ve v been discussMcl at ihe meeting. As usual,, i'e ..A'gak.u's speech was most figurative and am >iguous so* that^ew; if ; any could UDderstan<l his real meaning, in fact a few days ' since , one of, if not the most intelligent _of our Waik-ito chiefs, in ansWer to' iny query '' whether he was going to the meeting? answered, what is the use of my going 't cannot understand the 'tiauhau lan« ifuage; it oriijr confuses me. Auoth(BP ; meeti.iig . is to be held ia March next, when food is plentiful. K Tawniao with his family came ,down,v.to Eopua yesterday, to meet the-d^lyl Heta Tarawliitii)f O^iupiri, who came up_with his second daughter Jlolsb, who is to .make a 'matrimonial alliance with Te ISgiroa Tawhiao's youngest sod j the happy event if all i/} arranged s itisfactorily will take place to-day. Rewi and his people are quietly working at his settlement on the Punin, he was not present at tlie meeting ai Hikurangi nor any ot. his peopled J ln 'the ' settienVen't here all are looking .'forward to ithe r..ces oa Tuesday next." From tlie nuuiber of entries \yhicli exceed any hitherto •held, .capital sport is anticipated and ypur tips are anxiousjy expected. Talkhig- abnatmc'mg reminds me of a; new iraporbicion of blood in this district. Mr.OV. T. Boon has brought up $ * #iiufy; lie is a |jk; e jy

lookiag.^horTO anisßoiitd get. some good iwokß. His f .pwner, I believe intends nianfng hik at the tst : ,^ , aui m W#. have, again been fortiun^ in obMniug i the services of a Hniosfc obliging and courteous^Po^fcffiiAWter an<J v Teletf rapbis);; Mr,, % .Hooper Who has BuJceede^M^V! l Ml>ert3 oii'^jg'rtsignatioti,' bethg' ttirthlat ■od*Hv;;be.; ate^ ;H;feSo3t exacting..^ „,., j „.! . .:, . 1 .{ vl<v ,; > i, A= meeting will be ; held tOMmorrd# evening (Suurday) at the' "Ale^ail-' ;dr A Hotel tot'titi Rtir^ag qf\srsiag! a comtnitt^ i&j;;^i;iaq\inii/iyti)^i > £.'j mas sports, to ba«iheid.';hefe.^oa! B >sin^- „ ij) a y t : ti-.ywif 1 DENr. . . I-'*' 111 - 1 I