WAIROA TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 1472, 8 November 1881, Page 2

WAIROA TELEGRAMS.

[To the Editor qj the Herald.]

Sir, — Your special correspondent at the VVairoa must hare been tampered with. On Saturday last he informs you— " It is rumoured that much dissatisfaction is expressed by the Mahia Natives, at their deeds beinj? brought before tim Trust Commissoner to be passed without their being present to explain." This is quite untrue ; I was at the Mania late on Thursday evening, and heard not one word of the kind ; on the contrary, the details aii-ending the Mahia negotiations were gon« in.o at length, and the various Native speakers reiterated their adherence to the Land Company. They hi. ted "th.-t a European namrd Cooper had been there endeavouring 10 prejudice them a^'-io.; Mi 1 . Pees, Wi Pere, and ihe Comp. Ny, bdt fh.it hey p.iidnoalient : on wluiever oh ; swoi-('t,,as 'hey would now hhow by esccnliog any documenis in <"».•. herance of tlieir contract ;" which they pr bemly d'd wi.h perfect free will. wi.liout ue'OT&pV. lly nslced, but merely on the inie.p.e. : on and explanation iheren. I have no doubt as lo toe quarter from whence your Spec'jl received h ; s inspire : Oi>. It )3 a ;,reat p'.y ihat you should ii.ive been impo cd on <o pri.it and c«rc»la.e fjlse repo.\s. It you make eo^ni.y of any of the genPemen who wore tft (lie Mahia on Thursday, you wi'l be convinced that the wire is not founded in fact, but rather in malevolence. May I be allowed to d.aw youra.^enlion lo the circumsUnce that wires >rom correspondent h are untia'iy re-uriccd 10 facts.— I am, Sir, yours, &c, W. H. Tucker.

(We had no ret son to douht tiie luxurr.cy of the contents o" the telegram alluded to. If we iiad been informed of the fact i, prior to the receipt of the telegram when our re,K>rt«r re<(UC*tod tbr.t fiev should be uominu.iUs-.ted to tlie jouriul, then we shoud have beon In a portion to juil-e w.iether we had been imposed upon by our corre»)>onaei)t. A* to the "gpecial iiuplnUJon " cid " t.ui,j«ri.iT" influenceH exercised on our corrc-po'ident ; this to our mind cun only be a mr.tter of nur.nlse, m we could not powibly have any knowledge or the fact that a pcrum Inimical to tno Company had -jtjt at him." Nor are we yet aware of thU fact, for a hare statement ii not sufflclent evide.icc on that iiolnt. We mr-y inform the writer of the letter that a similar telegram to the one alluded to time to our office from another tource.— Kditor.]