VISIT OF TE NGAKAU TO HAMILTON.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1219, 22 April 1880, Page 2

VISIT OF TE NGAKAU TO HAMILTON.

©Withe, 3th ;;Apyis) jye some very important partiiufirs, 1 '6btainea ! fr6fn^ a ? fllost 1 ti«u«tw<)r4y source, of . jtiranspirecl at the,,, .last ga|i^,^;^uptes Kop^a, and Hikurangi., , . W f e Jlien stated that £aflhiao andi h>s .advisers did" not sympayiisewith^Te Wliiti and the Westi'^oi&t' r; tfa&ves, and that? l^whiab^Vith th# ff view to cdnfolilectmg Ins tribes into a few large tse^ttlementar , At that,- time, a- large number of Ngatituwliarelfoa_'had already anfive4 |r.om the South of Taupo intending td settle in the King country, and the accomplishment, <of/ £a, wrap's ,pvoject seemed in a, fair, way ( or realisation. Our statements 'receivecl corrpboration yesterday from 'Te Ngaikau, the King's Irinfe Minister, \rtio yesterday Visited 1 Hamilton from: Kawhia, ostansibly with the object of proceeding to Cambridge for horses We have, however, goq(,l fotv believing that the real reasons 'of his visit were : first, to warn the 'follbweVs 1 of : TWvdiiao against taking] part in the quarrel between., Major Kemp and Topia near Wanganui ,; and, secondly, to 'look lip many Hauhaus who have found their way to the gumfields in this neighborhood,, and are evincing a liking for those comforts of civilisation which they obtain .. by means of mpney acquired therefrom, and a preference for living among Europeans. Te JjTgakau. in f urtliet'ance of Ta wKiao's views or consoh^ibp'is anxious to .get these men to return and live^ wiilitlie rest ; 6£ ! tue Kingites. Te Ngakau expresses himself confident that peace will be maintained, and states that no one is permitted to* 'go <Hther tdTaranaki /or Wanganui tcf aicV in'aiiy 'n^htirig. • '"We ßelieve .thas'frwi isi t^ie first time.Tb has. visited th,e , .anxl tjije opcasioixhas, therefore, muc^f l Sistak6fJ'sipfikncß ' li