HE UPPER THAMES LAND LOCK.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 861, 22 December 1877, Page 4

HE UPPER THAMES LAND LOCK.

( 'm,— *A copy of th-i * I'hamea Advertiieri'yj iaa lust been handed to me, iv which •.ppeara o lading a tide concerning Te \ioha lands aud th? action of Ngatirahiri* j »iapd in' connection .therewith. In /jit-. *ioe to the Qovernme)at L to ; -hQ.s&gfttira*. iri,'to Che pub-.6.generally£andi_»yself, C immediately ' reply through your ulumns. He states; there. Jaja riguf u'.wien Europeans and the o,wnarj3 of • h-v»e lin t ls'(qaoting l ah., exrapt fromrtho C imig ation AoV'aa'.the opjinytitwififilf, vidii m •reai'.y'.he BbMuld s fea,vjaaß , ''Kt* , d i; .at Mr * Mackay ; ; jftt-cl .his ..^rorlgly.eVieeu sofiemes "for., .obtaining t .-.-c .ands is the real..gnlfi <whioh :.--bas for years been tbe 'dead lgcfe-to the opening ap of this Uppef Thames b ta : Eftri«pi.ftu jutei prise, wdereas if J[ess bounce, less brandy, aud morftOft<_n deulluig h{gl h^on wrought to 'bear Thu refi.l own* rs, hese. plains, which aro now covered with.m and swamp, would at the p esent. lay be Bmilih"g)'*.i-h'fthe hoftlebßi-dPbf' ' iap y'tamilies. loaceadoftbeia , cricket*, i«ra-- h.ipper. amirs '* amp h«n bbiuU' solen .jC.U(..auts of the _oi_r~ vve --should ho-n the Jcvuig of oajtiti^ bleating: bT. 'shoe , aud ueigbinjiof tha honta.; Jthe moantaius. insi-eaii ot staudiiig m thtir riprimitiVet beauty, would be belohiiiß f ori h* their gol.leu Oie; instead of "Oo ,boljt^tytavored steamer-- -flying hp and do^'n'ttie river, it would be iv oonst-u-i f:.!im wi h btuy life. In mak n'g an apg^mbhtti 7wi- h M». ns for their land, it sh uid be don. qu ok y. fairly, and hnnesttyi Piai c tbe^ - money before them jif it is a , ie..sou«b.l« < auMuu*. P r a>.re, TthcyVare' ike oui cclvi b — too fOud of money to refus*. it. P.e». Nt time witu themi. everythi g— l'h^iuuve , the.i o_re veiy ii tleiiir, l;p ih.tf uiy 1 state th-., -it Maoliay' had taken "on--f.urth oi the mm 'y-iie ;;; say» h«i hKs advai.ceion Te Aroha, aud laid it -do'iVn iv the Umahu set^leniqi-t w;i.ja the uqpai« gnaiah.ee for ft native reset ye, he wiyiid have obtained , every, ; ; thie' looming troub.e x wdula- have, been, averted,: —the native title extiuot 77- and/ ihe'? conu*r^ r. apmg the benetit.<-F; If th#t ! . limb of a barren fig-tree,; the defunct GM7 verutoent, haal beeu, rtcuiving „a''_iiw tsalary, with a bonus upon co-apletion.of *.; .ert-iu parohases, th'i rapidity. of ugnt'" hmg wouid bave beou little quuke. tnan the apoo . plishment, ; The enquiry^-ftr the present. ' day is-— "Wnat iB-;iho reMl.-: obottiole to the opening of the Uyp ■■>? In-nuß? In Mr Mackay'B re pop, he states that he has paid • over iii2,(A\o .0 the natives for this boon, and li>;V- ja. aiere handfttl— 1 - twenty -two refractory )Ue8 — a re holding it* m cheok. Aaf^ wpyt : uue or the whole of tne triue if half tbat ' ranouht twelve inqntiis since. ;-i,anded.to: ; them iv bssh' would not have given the] Government a full ti.le' t,«. the whoi^ block. • If the Government' wanted '£o', stop the flow of water, 10 any l,^rg'« riv«.r,' would they commenoe t.'.'its mouth .or the fountain. head; These Aroha ua.iv.i_,;' :ita c that, when :the money Vis beingpaid by Mr Macicay to -Vgatitahiato.a' ?,nd others, tliey i>roCeat"d agaiutt. it, iviid .<ild him he might -as Well throw & iu*.o iajraui — that they alono. w.ero_ m-uosecßßU-n of the land, anu they alone uad the right. to/tAke qr^itbhOlU?s--J. niouey. ' The result is this — either the oouutry's money hw been lavishly wasted or the Ngatirahin tribe, should oe wrested from this r and ' the public m possession of that for which. tht y h-a'/e paid. ' The nyhdl of the Ngaurabri' is — they are q;iit«» wi.hng to ; op^ny up thia. country . da r-Jasonabie '.terms/ jhuo. not ..n tbe strength of toriher reckless pdyttßQfS; • They are fmly alive to the advautage* to be denved'by tho 1-astog of thei. lands,, instead of paving th^oi.iooktd up-^ being perfectly* satisfied with the arrangements come to with Mr F. Strange ov. r bis lease above Wairakau. That aloue was the cause of l-eha's i mission..; tor I Grabamatowh, .with a yiewvof funh-r l leases, and the offer of the raugoa to he. I Government, not with .the view of raißiug iT the wind, as the editor of ; thg * Ihauib- | Advertiser ' terms it— a, feat. . he appear*--10 thoroughly. .underslahd, ..by working the bellows of the Q bverunieut . 01 gau* with nut notes.' 1 thiiik -^the, .bank, o! the Government and publi j,! are due to Mr F. Sirahge.for breaking 'fc'^^ crust rf 1 Te Aroba after ;Mr Mapkay, wiih his Rye 1 years 1 f finalising, was -npab^'to accomI plisti ft. 'I'he sooner competent, and 1 dism'-erested mitn is app(i!at( to nn.ke a l searching investigation .as to_wpat mqite,^, I has feahy beep paid on bohal -.qf the Gq m . X vernment and, to whom, f t_io, sooner wul l our surplus population oh tjhe bamen/ ' (or Broomhaif) b« m possesion of the, countiy the^ave so'^bng '(desired.. „-1x1,6. statement MT Editor r inakes r~e pe-Ftiqyj, "certain interested*' . r .''au,d. V'dtsigiJUuy, pakebas, who are pocketing Maori laao.owners money^-'and 'entrapping unwily- , lU'Opeanß,' is^l-ather tpo.vtrong and far* t fecfaeri. 'I here are bVt''.;two.' Europeans residing here atpresent, anifj as be hitplaced it m th« plural, I; mv . t be out; referred to. Da- ing the whole"- terct.'* J bi my residence m this Island (fifteen years I have not taken sixpence from Ma ri, land-owners or auxiou. s|/e'cnl'atdrs:'-' biii *' from tho style of bis writing one is led to infer that he must be an adept ;.t haudliufcr-filthy — Ivcter'^Ff&U'^sWAquf ■mali/ penßC. By a full insertion, yuu. will much gbligei^Tours^/tfis^eet'fi-liy^ J. H. ."MALLMA-*. .