ALEXRNDRA NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Alexandra, December 6.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2249, 7 December 1886, Page 3

ALEXRNDRA NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Alexandra, December 6.

Ar the Resident Magistrates Court at Alexandra on Friday last, before Messrs R. Mackay and F. C. Germann, J.P., one small debt case only came before the court, the other case being adjourned that the Resident Magistrate might be present on the 21st inst. Mr Hungerford Roche, who had been subpoenaed in the*case that stands adjourned, made application to the court as to Inn evpen«e«, He had received no notice of the adjournment, and he thought that as he had lost hi.s time on a wild-goose chase, that he would be justified in not attending when the case was brought before the court unless his expenses wer.e first paid to hint. The comt were of opinion they could give no decision or advice on a case that was not before them, but were of opinion that Mr R^che would have to attend at th<> time the case cam© on, whether he were paid his expenses or not. [Your correspondent begs to differ from the law thulaid down.] Anotner witness summoned on the same case had come down from his work at Hikurangi, thus losing his time and The' wife of the Rev. Heta Tarawhiti, Pirihira, died at her residence, the Pourewa, Waipa, on Thursday last. The deceased was only ill .1 few days. Frcra her kindly disposition she was respected by all who knew her. The usual tangi was held, Tawhiao and all his people being present. It wai the wish of her friends to bury the deceased at her old home at Taupiri, but Tawhiao for some reason strongly objected to it, and carried his point, and the doceaatd was interred yesterday at the Pqurewa. Somehow or other it was reported among3t the natives that the Rev. Hauraki Paul, native Wcsleyan minister, was dead. The report, however, turns out to be a false one, a-s the R«v. Hauraki is in a fair way of recovery. All who knew his energetic «alf-sacrificing endeavours for the benefit of the natives under his charge will rejoice at this new 3. A more faithful servant of hi* Master I have ne* er emu? across. No difficulties appeared to daunt him, but whereever "two or three could be gathered together" Hauraki would be present. Frorearly morn to night, on f • m »t and horseb . he would viait the p^fi* in tho vM'ot, <» wither* hofdioy serv;wi»a^ pwhvty %

Gospel, frequently, I am afraid, without sufficient of the sustenance that nature requned for such arduous work ; hence his

affliction. The Western Maori Election has only bnmght out five candidates after all. Wahanui it is said preferred on consideration a "bird in the hand." Had he been elected he would have to have given up the pension lie receives, from the Government. Why Mr George Brown did not come forward it it hard to say unless he was tired of the fast and loose way he has been treated. Only two of the" candidates are from this district, Major Te Wheoio and Henare Kiiihi-i. Tho latter it i* H)<>ught, merely 0t,...Jh to pievent Te Wheoio succeeding, a»Te Wheoio has obtained Tawhuos influence and the use of nig " seal" in «p»te of the coolnes.s that was said to exist between them, and this influence^ Kailiau had expected would have been in hisfavoui. t must correct a statement I have seen in more than one newspaper describing Henare Kaih.ni as Tawhiau's secretary, it w his elder brother Kerei Kuihau, who has for ypdis acted in that capacity. "Grey is a first cla*s penman, and can get through any amount of work that way and is a capital speaker, and only that ho is not a blue ribbon man would have considerable influence amongst the natives, from his undoubted ability. By the bye in respect to the last paragraph, in case it may be qiK.sLii'ned, I may as well admit tlut Gicy (Kerei) did don the " bit o' blue ' only the other day, when the "celebrated etc " temperance lecturer, Mr Burnett, was amongst ns. Ne\ertheless what I have written stands good, as he only belonged to the order a short half-hour. The irrepres*able Sydney T.iiwhanga is another candidate. He iia<* also wiitten a strong appeal to Tawhaio for for his support. Sydney is not going in for the loaves and fishes but for pure patriotism and the good that he can do for his countrymen. Not a cent will Sydney (so he says) take from the Government in the way of honorarium.