MR. BRYCE'S ULTIMATUM.
(per united press association.) ' ALEXANDRA, This Day. The native meeting was resumed yesterday. Tawhiao opened by a long metaphorical speech. Mr. Bryce stated that, as he had already informed Tawhiao, be must have a definite reply, without much further delay, to the Government proposals, which substantially were absolute abandonment of the kingship and submission to the Queen's law ; while the Government would give Tawhiao and his tribe the bulk of the unsold confiscated lauds, supposed to be about 20,000 acres on the western side of tho river Waipa. The section of land Tawhiao asked for at Kaipara should also be given. He would be made an assessor under the R.M. Act — an office no Maori ever yet held — be a Justice of the Peace for the colony, get a seat in the Legislative Council, be assessor under the Native Lauds Court Act, have a bouse built and furnished for him, and have a pension of £400 a year for life. At the same time, the Government would ask the Ngatimaniapoto chiefs to provide the Waikato tribe with land to live on, as they had been co-partners in trouble. Tawbiao asked for time to consider. Mr.' Bryce said he must have an answer by Saturday. This was agreed to, and Tawhiao came in to Alexandra in Mr. Bryce's trap.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Issue 336, 3 November 1882, Page 2
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221MR. BRYCE'S ULTIMATUM. Hawera & Normanby Star, Issue 336, 3 November 1882, Page 2
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