POOR KNIGHTS.
NATIVES CLAIM OWNERSHIP.
COURT HEARING TO-MORROW.
fßy Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
WHANGAREI, this dav
A forensic battle for the possession of the Poor Knights islands will open at a sitting of the Tokerau Native Land Court in "Whangarei to-morrow. Messr.g. Meredith and Brown, solicitors, of Auckland, and Mr. O. A. Darby, of the Native Lands and Survey Department, arrived by the express to-day and will conduct the case for the Crown. Mr. L. Porore is acting for. the natives., who claim possession of the islands. A large number of Maoris are ' assembling to follow the proceedings.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 229, 27 September 1928, Page 8
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96POOR KNIGHTS. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 229, 27 September 1928, Page 8
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