MR BALLANCE ON THE WEST COAST.
[BYT! LKCRM'II— I'KhSS \ssO('lATl<>\ ] Nkw Plymouth, Thuwl.iy. Tin: Hon. Jvjtne Mnmti'i aimed at llnhotu on Tuesday to open a new load, \o eently made by tlio nativoi, leading into the bush towards the mount un->. On ai in al at tlio spot fixed on, the loul wii foimilly handed over to the Natuo Mnu-.tei !iy Kahui, and Mr Ball.mco declared it to bo opened. In his spoeeh ho said that although tlio natnes would not be called upon to pay for its eonstiuction they would havo to pay latcs to in. tint. tin it in repair. He an id that To Whiti had prophesied a great many tiling winch had nevei come tine, but ho (Mi Hillance) propheMcd that at no dist nit datu T(s Wlnti would ask the Government to make the road into Panhnka, and then, and not till then, would the Government make it. Mr Ballance had also an interview with the settlei*, and his replies to the questions they put were all apparently satisfactory. Mr Ballanco said the tune had come when the settlers could do without the A.C. among them, as the natnes seemed to bo \eiy peaceably inclined. The icply mot with general approval. Mr Ballance is oxpectcd in town to night.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2075, 24 October 1885, Page 2
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214MR BALLANCE ON THE WEST COAST. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2075, 24 October 1885, Page 2
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