Native Land Laws Commlssion.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 11 August 1891, Page 2

Native Land Laws Commlssion.

r , Last ..Eehpiary Gjgyernment appointed a Jtoyal, Con^issiQ^Jko inquire; into the subjectioT^ie NftSve LaridLaws. Whilst dding' thWthey naturally got i-fome. interjes^ipjgriofprmation about other jj^tive customs wtich we purpose fp reproduce fxpm time to time. . - ', ' '^i So Wtjcjch " Slde^ ,;- The Commissioners must ilaye had a pleasant holiday as tfyey toured all round the North Island reached as far north . as Waimate. Naturally' they visited 6talu,, but only stayed a day, which perhaps arose from Hoani Taipua's : fir^t speech to them. The Commission-

ers had neglected to an notice their coming, so Hoani TaipiWl is reported to have welcomed 4hem and to have said: "But, coming upon us suddenly as you have done, we are naturally somewhat taken by sur prise. If I had received timely ■notico from you the whole- of the people would have assembled here. Parhaps you were putting so much " side " on that you did not care to giveua- notice 1" What a dreadful remark to make to Royal Commissioners •■" too much • sido ' on^tlftse are'the jsort of men who never; give themselves " frills ' ' or .anything ; of that sort. . ■■■■.:■■■-' us Tlie closing remarks of. Ropata IRantlpiri's speech might be considered and acted on in another P.ununga House not far from • Wei- 1 lington, and were " I may as well conclude my words here last I should be hindering any one else from addressing the Commissioners."