Native Land Court.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 331, 27 September 1907, Page 2

Native Land Court.

Iu support of tb«j agilatiio now oroins <>n >ogeta sitting of tbe Na tiye Laud Coart at Kawf is, lhe fol lowing petition ia being signed for presentation to Messrs Greeuslade and Jennings, M’s.H.R. :—" We woald respectfully ask you to represent to the Government the argent necessity of a Native Lands Coart to be boldeu .it Kawhia. It is needless to point <>ut all the reasons for this request bm we woald eepecidly lay stress Q[O> the disadvantages under which for * years the natives have laboured: the distant places to" which ‘hey mus journey and be absent from their bom-*f for indefinate periods. Their inability to accomplish these j->arneye, Ac., dis coarage* them from farther iff rt to ward that desirable end—the individualising of their laid. Thus th* progress of the district as a wh »!c iserioasly retarded. Should the N«fives b in a position to secure their jiist dietribatiun of laudi the G -vernine rife will benefit inasmuch as m myoid ago pensioners will at mice be placid b 1 yopd the rec ssiry of driwing 'he pension. We wmld ask y u to urge to tbe utmo t e-.te t that >■ properly deal with Kawhia Native Linds,a ciartshon'd be held in K« wbia where the Ni'i es conld eisi y and ec- nomicilly a' e id.”