SUPREME COURT.
(Before His Honor Mr Justice Edwards.) Yesterday the hearing of the Mairongamia native land disputes were continued. Most of the evidence was of a formal nature to produce the records of the Native Land Court and maps of the blocks affected, or to show that maps required by law were missing. Mr W. J. Hawley, Collector of Customs, gave evidence that the s.s. Go-ahead arrived from Napier and left for Auckland on December 27th, 1876. The Hon. J. Carroll stated that he and Judge Bogan were passengers by that vessel, and were on their way to Auckland on the 28th of December when one of the orders on which the title was founded is supposed to have been made. Mere Boihi, Erena Hcni, and Peti Morete, three of the plaintiffs, were examined, the two former being minors at the time the deeds were signed by their mother on their behalf. Peti Morete, the mother, stated that she had not received any money. She bad been promised some, and after pestering Cooper had given it up as a bad job. The witnesses were cross-examined at considerable length to show that they had been aware of the occupation of the land by Cooper and the Assets Company. At 4.45 the Court adjourned until 10 this morning,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 403, 30 April 1902, Page 1
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