ALEX AND RA. December 19th 1877.
The longed .u._v-u of ine^iin^ be tweeti bir George Grey a. id Tawbia< would appear to have been indefiuitei. postponed, aud many ot tne. native; Bay m fact it will not come off at all as Jawhiao has never declared air appointed day for it. • I h-i.-e li >weva this is not true, and tha • Sir Geor_! will erelong try ins blau dslnue ts oi the native potentate aud t'la. Hard nu to orti'k, Cc N«;aitau 1 titua. We hay.- had a larue nu uuer of thi native aristocracy do ami ne.-e this ia*> week or two inciudi -v* Tv Tiwhi o Ahipene. Tula aud oilier member- o the Jtloyal Family and M-usry. f number of tuem -ire it R *vi_. oettl oiew near the I'oAUKbip re.hin^ grasi seed for Hikur >v .i. Te Jieinga 'old Manubiris laughui is v.*ry ill at J_C »ma. Major T«* VVheoro lims gone 't Auckland io ia«*et Sir G* >rxo Grej 4nd will it is sad, arrang.- tor a meet ing wiih the iCi unices. CJince th above was writ en thre. of the Kiugites swells of tbe firs water, have called into ray house foaming with iudignai i-n a^amst al pakehas and the Government m par ticular. After a lub m •be storm i •as ertamed the- cause of-.their com plaints, fbev had been to hosl Fmoh-'s at the Alexin Ira Hotel vi their arrival there,, and requested io be ser*, d with three glasses oi beei for their refreskm ais after their rid anu that they had been refused, M Finch telling them tbat he dared n >> supply them, a*, he bad 0.-en warned bj bom.* for Christmas vvnicii wan alsi the p ilice n«. tto do so. • hey then ti it d to tei three bottles of brandy to taki •pruned them, as it would render M Fi icb liable to a heav> due and possibly the loss of bis liceu.«e. Tlmy wanted particularly to ku >w from me, if that was carrying out one law toi .Natives and Europeans P whether the) were considered ohildr.-qp Wasu i tiieir money as good as any mo else > &c. &o , ' ad infinitum, lam certainty of opinion if this la.v is carried out n will cause great dissatisfaction.- Own OBfiE-PONDKKT. ; — «
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 1, 27 December 1877, Page 2
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382ALEXANDRA. December 19th 1877. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 1, 27 December 1877, Page 2
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