ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1755, 4 October 1883, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

TAWIirAO ANDTHK KAWHIY TllOt'Ul.i:. Majoii Ti: Wh 1:0110 held his mooting at Whatiwlutihoe on Friday last. The Taupo cliiefs, Mutaalm and Te Heuheu, witli Topi.i from Wiinganui, Ee^ i, Tawhiao, and other chieftains weiepiesent. Te Whooro explained to them tlie te\t of tlie liew Native Lands liill and othoi jnocectlings iTiteiesting to natives that took ])l«ico dining tlie late session of Pailiainont. T.iwhino explained Lite events that had taken place at Kawhia. lie said he had left instinctions bofore le.ivinj,' that no fuithor obstructions to the (to\ eminent should be ni.ide. He hah returned thither via Wh.itawhata to-day.

CIUCKKI 1 CLU». TJib meiuboi s of the Alexandra Cricket Clul) held a nicotine 011 Katmd.iy last, and had a pmctico. They art 1 opuu tn a cl\allengo from any local club in tho district.

N VTIVK I'J:i'll'lOX. Tlic n.itues here aie busy to-day in obtaining signatures both fioni their own people and Eiuopenus to a petition to let.iin the services of Mr Y. Rohi-its, tho postmaster here, who, it is lcpoitcd, is to leturn to ln.s former station at Ohaupo. Mr Robot tscauio here to lelicve Mr Gentil, who has been removed, and it wa.s geneially understood he liad come hero for good. Mi Robcits was formerly postmaster here for so)iio five yeai.s, mid won tho respect and onfidence of both natives and Europeans, so that his removal has caused general indignation. It is to bo hoped that the Postmaster-General will .see hi.s_ way to .••cquiohce in the prayer of the petitioner;., and that Mr Roberts will for some time to come pel form his duties here a» Mtisfactoiily «i.s of yore.— [Own Coi respondent, October 2nd.]