KIHIKIHI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2006, 16 May 1885, Page 2

KIHIKIHI.

Tiih captain of the Australian man of war Haid.i and another ottieer ai rived heio mi Tuesday, last, and while line weio tlio guests of M.ijor Jackson. On Wednesday inoining Captain Fayen/ expressed a wnli th "-cc tin' school. Accordingly Mi (iiacc, chnii m.in of oho school committee, was sent for to accompany the Msitois in then in spectiou, Ijnt he was fioin home at the time. Tlie captain was highly pleaded with the appeal ance of the childieu and the intelligence displayed by them, and complimented the mastei on the etticiency and discipline of his school. He was particul.uly stiuck. with the neatness and cleanliness of the childien, and said that if they had been apprised of bin visit they could not ha\u looked better, it gave him pleasure to see each ordei and neatness. It was a good indication of the gcneial management foi his \ i-it was quite unexpected. After visiting t!ie seiiool he called on the old chief Rewi. Mr ( i race, who had in the meantime returned, mtoipreted for him. He thfii went on to Oi.ikau to \iew the scene of the gioat tight. Kioin theie he was duven by his host, accompanied by Mr A. Kay, through Il.i ngiaolua, to To Awamutu and from thero to Alexandra. While there lie was to call on Wahanui. Captain V.\yon/, was m New Zealand in I S2B, he ciunc in the No\ ara the vessel in which the elebrated goologUt Dv Hochstetter came. It wa.s at that time that tho lattei made a geological survey of a poition of tins countiy. He cauiethiough the W.ukato, and was passed through by Rewi and other chiefn of the Maniapoto to Tanpn, and on ti> tho Hot Lakes. His n'poit mi those districts was leceived with much niteieht by men of science, as al-o bv the public geneiaUy when the beauties of the place became better known. He was accompanied by Captain Fajen/, on his journey. The latter, in pas-ing thiough To Aw.imutu, was intioduced to Mi Walton, chnirman of the town board, with whom he had some conversation. He saw a wonderful change in the country .since his List visit. Tsvo chiefs, Hemai.i and Wiremu Toetoe, went toKmopewith tho Austiians and were kindly leeched at Vienna. On their return to Now Zealand they brought with them a piinting-piess, a pio-ent fiom the Austrian (Jovernment. If Captain F.iyen^ saw that little sketch from he (.rolot— printed in Thursday's Waikato Times -desciibing England's barb.uotis tteutirient of tho natives; how she massacied and bmtalised them, lie must liiive been gieatly ainiHcd at its impudent mendacity ; especially nftcr seeing the gieat fight hi£ chief Uowi and others not only living at peace with us. but the former In ing in a house limit for him by tho Go\ eminent in one of oni townships. Tho

imaginative editor of the Parisian punt could haull\ li we bet ii aw ire of Tiwhiao and fiiends leu nt tiMt to England, and of the extiemely kind leception they rcceited in London. We have an aiti*>t huic who has been painting portraits of the natives. He e\e cntod one of Wahanui. When Rowi wan n^ked for a Hitting ho said he tt ould like to see Walunui's first befoio would give £40 (the sum requiieil), and if it was .v faithful likeness ho would not mind paying the money for one of himself. Nothing ha-, been done as yet in the matter of the promisee', budge o\ei the Puniu. Unless* it ib built &oon the emitractors will find it veiy inconvenient to get material on to tho workx. The livei 1^ fordable at present, but there is no knotting how soon it may be flooded. We had .1 tit.it fiom WoodyearV Ciicus on Wednesday, but there was not a good hou>e. They tvtie more successful in Te Awamutu, many of the settlers bringing then families in to -,i-e it. The Maoiis woie, of oouise, deligiited w itli the peifoiuumce. — (Own Conpspondent )