WAIROA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 6, Issue 338, 29 November 1862, Page 4

WAIROA.

[ Prom a Correspondent. ] . November 18, 1862. By the time you receive this, the Lark, schooner, will have arrived at Port Napier. She brought to Wairoa the mill given by the Waikatos to Henari te Apatere, and other said- to-be Kingites of this place. The natives are not satisfied with His Majesty's gift, it having been discovered that the expense of transmission from Waikato to Hauraki, and necessary repairs, &o. (the mill being very incomplete), will amount to nearly, if not quite as much as would be necessary to purchase a new mill ; consequently they, begin to think that the present is not quite so grand a one as at first anticipated ; and almost treasonable language is used with reference to King Potatau. The whalers are actively engaged in preparing for the summer season. Mr. Bartlett, with laudable energy, intends to try his luck again ; also Mr. Morrell. It is to be hoped that more success will attend their efforts than last season. The report current that Mr. Bartlett captured a whale off the Wairoa, which I noticed in your paper some time ago, is incorrect, as I have ascertaiaed that none were captured at the Wairoa. One was nearly fastened to, but finally escaped. Colonel Eussell has lately visited this part of his district. The natives seemed very glad to see him, and quite to coincide with his views.