THE NATIVE DIFFICULTY AT MAUNGAKAWA.
Con’stablk Wild, arrived in Cambridge from Maungnkawa yesterday evening, and reported that Mr Lawrence Cusnen doe* not intend proceeding with the survey of the road, as the natives object to it being taken through their ground. A messenger had been sent to the king and returned yesterday morning, and during the whole of the day a long korero was held. They then warned Mr Cnssen not to proceed, and he docs not intend doing so, ns he thinks there is a screw loose and that the land will have to be acquired under the Public Works Act. The natives would not object to the road if they were sure they would not be taxed to keep it in repair, but being in an impecunious state they think, if they could not pay, that an equivalent in iand would be taken from them. \o violence has been offered, and of c-urse, the matter will now remain in abeyance until Mr Cusscn receives fresh instructions.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2358, 20 August 1887, Page 2
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168THE NATIVE DIFFICULTY AT MAUNGAKAWA. Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2358, 20 August 1887, Page 2
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