CORRESPONDENCE.
*- i rho Editor does not hold himself responsible for i opinions expressed by correspondents. rAWHIAO AND THE PRIVILEGE : OF FRANKING. SiRj — Can any of your readers inform me what King Tawhiao and his secretary ; have done to futher the interest of this '. colony that they should be allowed to frank letters 1 Do they rank as honorary members of Parliament 1 ? Or is their correspondence so heavy that their incomes will not allow of their purchasing stamps? If so, who is to pay for the carriage of their mails 1 Is it Sir George Grey 1 Or have the white population of this colony to support the Maoris in everything, while the " Noble Savage " is exempt from taxation? Had not Te Kooti better have a situation given him as Inspector of Police, on the principle of set a thief to catch a thief, for he decidedly ranks higher than a thief, being a murderer, and yet being scot free with a price on his head amongst so-called friendly natives, some of whom, can frank letters, a privilege which, in the olden days, was only extended to members of Parliament. — lam. &c, A Lover of Justice.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5047, 8 April 1878, Page 2
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196CORRESPONDENCE. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5047, 8 April 1878, Page 2
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