Waikato. RETURN TO ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1422, 13 August 1881, Page 2

Waikato. RETURN TO ALEXANDRA.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Alexandra, Thursday. A most cordial reception witu given here to-duy to Tawhiao .md Wahanui on their return from vis tinu- the vatious Wuikato settlements. A Reception Committee had been formed in,d Mibscription lists were libei ally ro-p mdcl to. On arrival hore tlii- K'lig and pirfcy wore met by the Alexandra Br.v-s Bind, playing the -wellknown tune "Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot,'* a 1 irge number of settlers and townsfolk, j uujng the procession. Ou arriving 1 at th • Public Hall where a l.irsre quantity of provisions consisting of beef, potatoes, breadj biheuits, tea and su^ar were piled up, a halt was come to, when, the Reception Committee, Messrs. Aubin, Hill, Asmusa, Finoli, Sage and others, received His Majesty, Mr Pistrucci then read to Tawhiao the following illuminated address which he had prepared and engrossed by instruction of the Committee in first-class style, with a sketch of Pirongia on the top, and handsomely framed, as follows :—": — " Tawhiao, welcome back to the place where your good journey commenced, the place where you spoke the word " peace." That word was powerful ; let it continue from this place ; let it last like Pirongia, which looks down on it." On hearing the address Tawhiao's face beamed with delight, and on its being presented to him, he waved it round on high exclaiming "It shall be so, it is time, Alexandra shall be my town, all of you residing here are mine, never mind if there are some who are not really good. You are all mine alike, men, women and children ; henceforth you all belong to me. I have said it." Three hearty cheers were then given for Tawhiao, the band playing. Mr Hill also called for three cheers for Wahanui, which were also heartily responded to. Wahanui with a beaming face acknowledged the honor. Tawhiao with Major Mair then adjourned to dinner at the Alexandra Hotel. The latter gentleman, I am sorry to say is suffering from a severe cold, and from his appearance should bo taking re^t, but the M.ijor is not the man to shirk a duty which at the present timo n of such paramount importance to the colony at large. During the afternoon the king has been visiting the settlers without any of his followers, making himself evidently at home.

Letter from Tawhiao to the Mayor of Hamilton. The folio wiugf letter was received by His Worship the Mayor of Hamilton on Thursday :—: — Kihikihi, Akuhata 9, 1881. Ida Hone N.iki, Alca. Xi to li.unam o Hamutana otira kia koutou k.itoa ki njja. Rangatira me te iwi nuikatoa. Tena koutou, Tcna koutou, Tona koutou. Ka mihui .itu koutou t tenet wall' 1 tcnei r.i. Ehara i to mea ko te mutunga tcnei o toku aroha kia koutou me toku kite 1 a koutou Kao, Meaakc .mo ahau ka mihi k.ikite i <i koutou 1 r.iro <inoi te mana o toku Kingitanga c hoki ana au ki toku k.unga 1 tonci r.i Tena koutou Hinci To Kakara c toi.i to papa. Wdiho ra kia tangihia tetchi tangi mo to tcina mo Waihuka. Ero.i ana te tau kia koee Tuteamo.imo. Ku,i mihinnhi tatou kua kitckite tatou i a tatou. Hoi kona ra koutou c ng-a Pakcfaa. Heoi ano Na Ki\gi Tawhiao.

[rßwsLmov ] Kihikihi, August 9, 1881. To John Kno\, Major To the C halt man of Hamilton, and also the Councillors, gentlemen, and people. Salutations, Salutations "->alutat!ons. You are saluted from this place to-day. It is not because this is the end of my love for you, or the last time I shall see you. No. Soon again shall I salute and see you under the power of my kingship. I am returning to my home this daj . Salutations to you. Hinei fe Kakara, O open the door. Leave it until the weeping is wept for jour brother (joungcr) for Waihuka. The year is long for you O Tuteamoamo*. We have saluted and saluted each other, and seen each other. Farewell to you O ye Europeans, salutations to you. Ihis is all From Ki\g Tawhiao. * The personage here referred to, Hinei Te Kakara, Is supposed to be no other than Tawhiao himself, who, in answer to the request '' Open the door,' ' says " Leave it until the period of mourning for those who were killed in the war is over," uddmir that the Pakeha (Tuteamoamo) can afford to wait.