TO THE TENANTS OF THE STATE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 640, 18 October 1909, Page 3

TO THE TENANTS OF THE STATE.

..... iMinnio ur mc diAlb, ask you-to.,publish this notificaif ?i CT ou r.colnmns to all Crown, tenants Of. the Hawke s Bay Land District that, in my opinion, as their representative on the boarti „ ass ? ulte[l a nd. illegally ejected whilst 11 quiet performance of.his duties, the board thereby becomes < illegally■ Constituted,' and all business transacted in his absence. illegally transacted? Particularly would this refer to Mr. lurks section on To Arai, which, was forabsent ° n while I was unwillingly

And, furthermore,, jvill you allow me-to announce hercbj;. that until the. chairman of'tho ilarto s Bay Land Board gives future assurance in the shape of a public apology to the tenants ■of; V State, whose privileges ho has insulted and peached by forcibly ejecting their representative,,! feej-itmy, duty to, them to nbient myself unwillingly from future board meetings?- And I feel that it is only-proper -to state, hero that, the reference which'l mado to point my ■Argument for which -I- was ejected was to a recommendation of the board recorded in the August minutes of the board, which recommendation in- my opinion should havo been a decision; and my opinion is based on Section 80 of the Land Act, 1908, and on the best legal authority, that of Hoskens, which was obtained by Air. Black over the grazing rnn business. •Thereby, would the tpnnnts of'.the State bo relieved from vexatious costs aiid delays and pos--sible litigation, which the chairman suggested as their- proper circumstances,: and which are ,tlie! circumstances -of Mr. M'Lcan, of Ti TreoPoint, Dannevirke, to whom I referred.- Thanking you in anticipation; and with the best of good wishes to .the men on the land, from wealthy, squatter to little • dairy ' farmer' for whom I have worked.—l am, otc, ' V ■ EUSTACE LANE.