FIFTY YEARS AGO.
WAIKATO SETTLEMENTS. PLIGHT OF THE RESIDENTS. 'From the Herald of Nor. 2. 1666."i The Southern Government is doing all t can to break up the Waikato settlements. The Middle Island has broken faith with the North, and on the unfortunate Waikato settlers the first blow falls. The men who had been promised employment .ire in that matter deceived by the Government, and then the vers pay due to them is withheld. At Hamilton alone 120 families cease to receive rations in a few days, but no opportunity is afforded them ov the Government of earning a shilling to enable them to remain upon' and cultivate their lands.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16376, 2 November 1916, Page 8
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