MR. ORMOND'S ASSERTIONS REFUTED.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 425, 7 September 1877, Page 2

MR. ORMOND'S ASSERTIONS REFUTED.

[By TKLKOKArH, from ouk own Corri sroNDKNT.] Wellington, September 7. Last night Sir Georgo Grey vccoivoi the following letter, which ho road i the House of Representatives to-day :- "My Dear Sir Gooiyo,—l rotneinbo distinctly the circumstances to whicli you inquiry refers, though it is now ten year since they occurred. You were desiron of mincing Bottlers to occupy tlieinterioi and spoke to H. Russell, Oox, and my self on the suhject. You liad roceivn oilers of country for a run from th natives, and these yon passed over to <u We proposed to form a company wit! T. Russtll and Whitaker, ami you pro misud us letters of introduction to tin natives, and advisrd us to go up and sec the country. Cox and I accordingly did so, and afterwards H. Russell. Jn tin end, it was decided the prospects wer, not satisfactory, and wo abandoned tlij project. At no time was it supposed o intended thai you should bo a ) artnerl and 1 think all'of us understood that, yon only interest in the matter was your do sire to induce settlement in the interior as the natives seemed disposed to l>. friendly, and as you believed that in tot course with Europeans would have a eiloet upon them.—Believe me, your, very truly, "G. S. Whitmohic." It was also part, of Sir George Grey'] plan to cf-tiblish a town in the Taupnjj and station a regiment there. i [The above telegram refers to Mr j Ormond's remarks about Sir GeorgJj Grey being connected with certain laui'j transactions. |