THE GALATEA ROADS.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 125, 15 May 1895, Page 2

THE GALATEA ROADS.

Our correspondent at the Government Damp, Orongohukore sends us the following interesting particulars wider Saturday's date : —"AVe loft "Rotorua on Sunday, May 5, with 74 of the unemployed and transDort consisting of two fourhorse eoaches. and one five-horse wagpn, also a dray nonvbying the rations. &.c. of the police. Camped at Pukokarfika. Turned out before daylight next nioitrin'g and got away early ; all going well as fains the Mangakokomuka creek whore wo had some difficulty in crossing the ford, the big wagon bavins; to bo unloaded in he creek. The police party under In -

spector Emerson pissed us here, en r lire for Galatea. A short distance boyon i Mangakokomuka we met H-ivehr e Aterea, the leading manoft'io Xgalima'cwa tribe who occupy the disV'ct round <xa"atea. The genial eld chic; shook hands with many of the men as they marched unst. A iong >m 1 tec.i ins march of s »inn 2:; miles brought us to Motumake, which the last wagon ro:i .he! some time after dark. Here soin ■ i f the men camped under an overhanging rock, remindhrg one of the pre-hist ni • cave dwellers. Another early start on Tuesday morning brought us to the Rangitaiki at Galatea where many of the men were crossed over in Mr Wylie's trap. From thence we marched past Mr Grant's homestead to the evident astonishment of the people, crossed the Wbirinaki River and camped at Orongohukire. at the entrance to the pass leading to To Whaiti. Here we found the police and survey parties in camp, and our lone; and tedious march across the Land of No Account was over. The men are now working on the road to To Whaiti and are well established in their I camp. A number of natives of the Tuhoe. j Ngatimanawa and Ngatiwhare Tribes are holding a meeting nt To Whaiti hut no trouble is anticipated in that direction. The men are quiet and orderly in camp I and the few malcontents have been | effo -tually silenced.