ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2061, 22 September 1885, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

Taniii \o has leturned to hi-, settlement at Whativvhatihoe. Theie has been ,1 meeting there of the chiefs alone, Row 1 bi-msr present from Kihikiln. There is litlle doubt, fnnn the influential meeting; lately held at T.mpo, that T.iwlnao's influence is once more steadily increasing. His follow en are very sanguine that ho will .yet olif.un fiom the Government all that they u"jniie. He h very reticent himself. He Milted the township yesterday and niivde .1 friendly call on all his acquaintances. All heie have a friendly feeling for him, us his unselfishness and quiet demeanour aie very ingratiating. The geneial feeling also that he has been a uttiui to politic i) mtngne, has had much to do in making that feeling a warm one. .Mr O'Jinen, the contractoi foi the big tunnel, has bren iin as far as the Kuiti in a canoe tins week, for the purpose of vein},' foi himself the advisability of taking his in ituii.il, tic , by this unite. I hear that tlio natives am determined to make all they can out of the constitution of the lailvvay. For Mr O'Hiun'scanip of 10 acics ne.tr the site of the wmk they require ■v lent of £."> per nniimn per atic, al->o £"> foi evei> tree rtquiu'd foi timbi'iing. The-e rhilii ultii •> (iovcniiui ut, I |iii will have to get ovei. - v ()wn Coiiespondent, StiJteinln i -1 )