LIQUOR IN A MAORI KAINGA.
AN INTERESTING LEGAL QUESTION. In a case that came before the Court at Taumarunui on Wednesday in which information had been laid against a man for having introduced liquor into the Kainga, Mr Strang, who appeared for the defence, intimated he intended to take a preliminary objection on the ground that since Taumarunui had been proclaimed a borough, and was now administered under the Municipal Corporations Act, the Kainga, which was proclaimed under the Maori Lands Administration Acts, no longer existed, and that therefore section 3 of the Act of 1903 was now not effective so far as the borough was concerned. In view of the short time which had elapsed since he had been instructed he asked the Court to grant an adjournment until 21st February. Mr Selwyn May-!, who appeared for the prosecution, said he also had only been instructed that morning, and in view of the far-reaching effects if the objection was sustained, and the importance of the legal issue involved, he thought it would be wise to grant the adjournment so that they could go fully into the matter. The adjournment was accordingly granted until February 21st,
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 333, 1 February 1911, Page 2
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196LIQUOR IN A MAORI KAINGA. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 333, 1 February 1911, Page 2
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