HARAPIPI.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VI, Issue 1709, 14 May 1869, Page 5

HARAPIPI.

[feom otra own cjbhesfondekr.] * 2 May 11. • A petition is being circulated for signature amongst, tho Kag!an settlers, and also those of this district; to be presented to: the Provincial t'ounoil, and also on# jo the General Assembly, to try if something cannot be done in m'iki g a good road between *aglan and' tho Waipa ttivcr.. At present it is only a bridla irßck, hardly passable in the winter. It certain y* would ba a good thing if it could be dono, as it would open the Waikato to the" sea coait, and give it a port. Ihe people of Alexandra, however, do not seem alive to the benefits of roads, as the party who carried the petition round for si» nature said that in that township all tire signatures he could get were four, a fact hardly to be credited, considering the present state of the road between the two towns. It is almost as much as a man's life is worth to ride from this settlement to Alexandra. A great many of tho fiiendly natives have gono down paEt this place from the great meeting." They "11 BeQm to be very well satisfied at their reception, and say th»t thoie iB to be no fighting in Waikato. One of the in toH me that totatau's last words, or his will, basjufit been discovered by his son, the present so-called king, ani that he expressly commanded him. to live in peace with the white man. If the above is true I must Bay that it is a great pity that the said last will and testament of his lute majesty did not come to light soouer, aB it might have saved a good deal of bloodshed. Some of the friendlier' in going up or down cimped opposite To Rori, and did a not very frien ,ly thing, for being short of firewood they pulled and burnt a quantity of fencing belonging te Messrs. Morrison and Jame-. cj If ever there is such a thing as an inquiry as' to many persons, lute officers in the Waik&to Militia, became possessed of so mu' h more laud thaa tney are entitled to under the militurj' settlement rule, there will bo some very queer work brought*' to I'obt, such as officers parading in iwo different camps and drawing rations in two diff r-rnt places—in fact, personating two different parti'!», and such like little tricks too numerous to mention. I allude to .the above as a cise of the description was mentioned to me a few days baok. I suppose it would be of no use.holding such an inquiry now, as the Crown grants are issued, or else tti« Government might yery easily legain possession of many a good alioe, of land.