THE TUHUA GOLDFIELD.
NATIVE MATTERS. An Alexandra Correspondent writes :—“ I have heard no further of the goldfield lately. lam inclined to think that some of your correspondents are rather too sanguine on the matter. I have spoken to several natives who profess to know ail about it. Some say the gold is alluvial, others that it is quartz, and more than one have promised me specimens, but I have never yet seen one. A great many natives are now up at the Kuiti, amongst them Ahipene Hori Turoa and Nini Kukutai. I do not think the natives generally expect his Excellency to come up to the meeting. All the principal chiefs, with Rewi at their head, are anxious that he should do so ; but old Manuhiri, who has Tawhiao’s ear, says No, and will not join in the invitation. As far as my opinion is worth anything, I am inclined to think that until the old gentleman is dead (Manuhiri I mean) there will not be much chance of coming to a satisfactory arrangement with the King party, and I hope there is no harm, in wishing him a speedy and happy release from this wicked world.— D. S. Cross.
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 196, 25 May 1872, Page 3
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