New Zealander, Volume 2, Issue 74, 31 October 1846
Progress of Civilization amongst the Natives. — The Natives of the Mahoi, a Pa on the Waiharakeke, Kawhia, have been in Town this week with a great number of pigs, which they have sold in order to raise funds for erecting a Water Power Flour Mill on the above river. Having realized, the sum of £50, they have deposited the money in the hands of a gentleman in Auckland, who is to cash the orders they may draw from time to time in favour of the millwright as the work proceeds. Mr. Waldron, of Kawhia, has engaged to construct the Mill, and has been busily employed, procuring the necessary iron work, &c. These spirited and praiseworthy Natives expect to return again in the course of two or three months, with more pigs for sale, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the same object.
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