SETTLEMENT OF KINGITES ON CONFISCATED LAND.
Mr. A. Sinclair, of the Waikato Lands Office, left town yesterday to join the Defence Minister in the Waikato district. As Mr. Sinclair has been in charge of the Waikato Lands Office almost 3ince the lands wore confiscated, there can be no doubt but his sudden departure has something to do with ( ascertaining the quantity and situation' of the various blocks of land which would be suitable for the Maoris settling upon.should such a course be resolved upon or desired by the natives in the meeting. A very large area of the Waikato lands which have been confiscated to the Crown are nowalienated »nd cannot be returned, and it, is questionable whether there is any block which would be sufficient for the Kiug natives to squab upon. But the fact of their being well scattered over a large area of country will have no detrimental effect to the progress of settlement, but rather the reverse. W hen the Tuhua goldfield is thrown open to .the, European prospector, and the extent of its' richness satisfactorily settled, we believe the natives will have little' more hankering after the restoration' of the Waikato lands, and every encouragement should be given to have those lands in the Tuhua district believed to be auriferous at once thrown open, If rich, as many have declared them to" be, the business activity which will soon be displayed there will d^raw the attention of thiMaoristo things, more profitable than sighing, 1 "over' their lost territory. In the course \pf .days we -may be able to state whi'at proI greas has been made in the negotiations in 1 th« Waikato district.
TUAKAU : EIFLE MATCH. Our thriving settlement was all alive on Thuvaday last, owing to the usual parade of our local Volunteer Company, which took place cady in the morning, on account of a matuh having to bo fired off between this company and the Wniroa llifle Volunteeis, who came over from their district to nro on this ground. The competitors from tlio Wairoa were- Volunteers McCormack, Cie'ghfcon, McDonald, and Moore ; Captain Wallace also being on the ground taking the score. The members representing our corps were— Captain Harris, Ensign Bluck, Corporal Grant, and Volunteer Droompoold. The a gg' egate scores were — Wairoa, 222 ; and the Tuakau, 191— the Wairoa being victors by 31 points. The highest score was made by Corporal J. Grant, Tuakau Company, wh'» made 64. The match was five shots each at 2«0, 300, 400, 500, and 600 yards. After the firing was completed, the competitors, and the whole of the Tuakau Company, sat down to a most substantial , luncheon.— [Correspondent.]
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4608, 31 May 1872, Page 3
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442SETTLEMENT OF KINGITES ON CONFISCATED LAND. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4608, 31 May 1872, Page 3
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