MASTERTON NEWS.
t .. ' s x I Mr. Taiawhio Te Tau, chairman of tho r Rongokako Maori Council, and other Wairarapa rangitiras who recently forwarded ? birthday; greotings to His Majesty the King/ - have 1 received the following reply from the D Hon. J. Carroll, Native Minister: —"0 chiefs, t greetings to you all! His Excellency the s Oovornor of New Zealand has received a leV e tor from the Secretary for the Colonies of e England saying that your birthday greetings !, reached His Majesty. His Excellency e begged me to inform you that tho King was very pleased when.he read the mgssago from s his' Maori chiefs-of tho Rongokako ■ Maori e Council." . t J Warm rains have been falling 'for the past a fifteen hours, - and several portions •of the f ■ district arc in-a state of flood, ij Labour'is at present very plentiful in tho ,jf "Wairarapa, .but the demand is not so great 0 as wa3 anticipated owing to tho fall in the price of wool. ■ A, number of farmers, who in provious years have made a.point of spending largo sums of money in,improving their properties, aro this year doing almost nog thing in'this respect/.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 191, 7 May 1908, Page 8
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195MASTERTON NEWS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 191, 7 May 1908, Page 8
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