I will write to my brother at Tauranga about the Representation of this District R.Johnson is the person they want to get in - but I do not know whether he will come forward. Gillies is very nasty about native matters - if he were entrusted with native matters he would soon get up a little war - Mr.Vogel says that he has been writing some very pungent minutes on Thames Gold Field Matters on question raised by Puckey - Puckey is right and ought to be supported - Still we do