MOKAU.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 4243, 18 January 1883, Page 2

MOKAU.

"-TO THR EDITOR. Sir,—At the request o£ Wetero to Rcrcn^.i, I rf. have 'to .ask the f.iv.»r of insertion in your columis of tbe following coinininieitnm'rVsp-etinjr. affairs.in th"".\lokau.aud N-jatiiniuiapot» country :— The mauling at To Kuiti, which was convened by Walia-iui for the purpose n£ discussing thp opening up of tho' Maori UiHir.cis, termimtud lust week, • having been attended by about f>OJ natives, including delegates fr.nu lvati'iati, Tanran'i-n, Opotiki, T.iupo, an.i tie Lak-.'H. S./iii diverdity of opiaion existed, and alth >iuh tf lo general feeling was in favor of facilitating the constructioa oi: ro.ida ami aonl - meut of the lands, no definite conclusion was arrived at, and the ni;eting stands adjourned, until' next mmtn, when th • natives will re-assenjolu at Mokau, au.l it is anticipated that the Native .\lini,ter will be present. An hmtutioii to .Mr. Bryoe was forwarded from .Ylukuu on Monday. Wetere expressed his positioa thus — "Tell the"Europeans that I uin working with WahaiMii to' have the roada and th.railways go thrown the coautry, and that my work wiiLwon be complete. But, for ear of complications with the Htiungc natives who aro coming to the m oting, I.desire that no mora, white men shall come to Mokau for (lia, next four or five weeks."— I am, &c, v" " " F. P. COUKILL. January 18. 1883,